ANT LATE 1800S PRIMITIVE SOUTHERN LONG INFANT GOWN-OLD DRAWSTRING CLOSURES

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LISTING LIFETIME COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE/VINTAGE CHILDREN'S BAPTISMAL/CHRISTENING, DRESSES.  ALL GUARANTEED OLD.  PURIST - SO HAVE NOT MENDED, ETC.  WONDERFUL AND THE OLD FABRICS HAVE HELD UP OVER 100 YEARS.  THIS AUCTION FOR AN ANTIQUE SOUTHERN PRIMITIVE STYLE DRESS/GOWN WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, SOFT HIGH QUALITY FABRIC OF ALL. PLAIN BODICE HAS PROFUSELY GATHERED NECKLINE WITH LACE TRIM.  PLAIN CAP SLEEVES WITH LACE TRIM.  THE CLOSURES IN THE BACK ARE THE OLD, WONDERFUL DRAWSTRING TYPES.  THE SECOND ONE FROM THE TOP HAS VERY WELL MADE CASINGS WITH THREE DRAWSTRINGS!  THE LONG DRESS ENDS WITH DEEP HEM AND BEAUTIFUL LACE TRIM.  FRENCH SEAMS.  SE PHOTOS.   THE FABRIC HAS THAT GREAT FEEL OF THE QUALITY AND SUBSTANCE.  VERY DESIRABLE PRIMITIVE STYLE DRESS THAT WAS USED IN THE SOUTH AROUND THE LATE 1800S TO EARLY 1900S.   BE SURE TO ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO BIDDING BECAUSE THERE ARE NO RETURNS.  I USED TO USE BOXES TO SHIP BUT SINCE THE USPS RECENTLY INCREASED THEIR RATES (AGAIN!) I NOW USE FIRST CLASS ENVELOPES WHEN I CAN.