Antique Lace Shawl Fichu, 1830s Large White Muslin Tippet With Ayrshire White work Embroidery from the Helen Larson Collection.

This beautiful white gauze or muslin fichu tippet dates from 1830 period. Consists of hand embroidered Ayrshire work insertion with lace edged gathered frills. Mantle of hand embroidered lace with drawn threadwork and fagoting.

A lovely piece of old lace and definitely worthy of a place in one's lace collection.

CONDITION

The condition is in very good museum quality condition, one repair, no stains, no disintegration, several small holes.

APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENT

166" total length, and 14" in width at center. Long lappets are different widths from 2-3/4" in middle to 11-1/2" at base.

Purchased from the Helen Larson Collection. DLM tag. Photographed in “The Woman in Fashion” 1949 by Doris Langley Moore, plate 28, modeled by Miss Beatrice Lillie (Lady Peel). This shawl has been de-accessioned from the Helen Larson and Doris Langley Moore collection. Doris Langley Moore was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of Costume in Bath England. She was an avid collector and was a well known fashion historian.

Many in the historic fashion world are familiar with Helen Larson and the massive collections she has put together both as a fashion historian and as a businesswoman through her creation of Western Costume in Los Angeles. A stunning antique original 1887 yellow silk and ivory brocade trained bustle gown. The dress is from the collection of Helen Larson and Doris Langley Moore. Ms. Moore was responsible for the establishment of the Museum of Costumes in Bath England which opened in 1963. She was a serious collector and fashion historian. She began her collection in the early 1920Â’s. Helen Larson was a passionate collector of both fashion and history. She, with the assistance of her close friend Doris Langley Moore-founder of The Costume Museum, Bath, England-assembled a massive collection over a 50 year career beginning in the 1940?s. There are several lots offered that were illustrated in MooreÂ’s The Woman in Fashion and The Child in Fashion. For the past several years The Helen Larson Private Collection has been housed at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising).

Our antique textiles are collectible and are not new and not reproductions, and have lived a long and eventful life and sometimes developing flaws. We do not launder or dry clean unless stated in listing, and most times have been in storage for many decades picking up old age storage oxidation spots.

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