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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 2478479, member: 13464&quot;]Hi everyone, </p><p>I&#039;m back. First, what an awesome gown! A charming &quot;fairy&quot; dress! What a find!&nbsp; I absolutely love it!&nbsp; Next, you all have done a fabulous job with your info... I don&#039;t have much to add!!&nbsp; LOL... my job here is &quot;done&quot;!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will add these couple of tidbits re: fabric.[ATTACH=full]266224[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266225[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]266226[/ATTACH]</p><p>It rather backs up your burn test results Joan.</p><p>I agree with the date - late 20&#039;s early 30&#039;s. Including the lace.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the type of lace: Machine made &quot;Chantilly&quot; is as fine of call as any. It is one of those designs that, whomever designed it...chose elements they wanted and the machine made it.&nbsp; Therefore they could draw on any style lace or element they wanted to construct the design they wanted ...and ultimately probably called it what they wanted also. In other words, the design isn&#039;t &quot;true&quot; to handmade Chantilly elements; but when it crosses over to machine made... those terms are very subjective. If you wish to call it &quot;machine made Chantilly&quot; - I truly doubt that anyone would correct you on it. I can&#039;t think of a better term... go for it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Another possibility in your listing - is to mention that it may be possible to &quot;deconstruct&quot; it and make a new pattern from the pieces. Granted; not a job for most seamstresses...BUT...it is an exceptionally charming dress!&nbsp; In the big picture; it doesn&#039;t look like a complicated pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>The slip seems fairly straightforward; and the upper body and sleeves of the dress look simple. It is the skirt layers (2? maybe 3 or 4) that really make the dress. I suspect those were actually made in more than one piece for each layer to be as fluted as it appears. An absolutely charming dress!</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to my drooling about it! It looks like you did a good job stabilizing it... it must have been a task!&nbsp; No, not Granny-like at all! I can see it fitting right in at Downton Abbey!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Nice job Joan!</p><p>Cheerio,</p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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