1900s Edwardian Black Tape Lace Open Jacket dress_coat debossed with flowers

debossed with flowers

Henry à la Pensée was once a famous French couturier who founded his fashion house in Paris at the end of the 19th century

BUST : 34 in

There is a seductive pencil style skirt finishing at the calf with a small slit from the hem at the centre reverse for ease of movement

1970s bright red cotton crotchet and chenille knit dress labelled Chaumiere aux Tricots Paris and Made in France

1900s Edwardian Black Tape Lace Open Jacket dress_coat debossed with flowersThis intricately hand crafted Edwardian jacket dates back to the early 1900s and is a wonderful example of tape or Battenberg lace whereby pieces of tape are bent into the shape required and sewn into position and the gaps are filled in with hand sewn lace. This jacket has an elongated silhouette and short, slightly flared sleeves. The hemlines follow the swirling lines and patterns in the lace. This wonderfully preserved piece of history would make a