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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 377269, member: 33&quot;]Posting a thread on this because [USER=5939]@Rufus@frockstarvintage[/USER] wanted to see pictures, and may be able to help figure out if it is salvageable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this dress is most likely from the 1930s. One side of the fabric is shiny like satin, but textured. The reverse is more like a crepe sort of texture. The fabric is sort of a medium weight... not light weight. The dress is unlined, except for the bodice which is lined with a cream-colored fabric that may have originally been white. (I did not take photos of the reverse of the fabric, nor of the lining. I can add some if needed.) The dress is about size 2 or 4 in today&#039;s women&#039;s sizes, I estimate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problems: The dress spent considerable time on somebody&#039;s basement floor and has stains all over it. It also has small holes all over it and a larger hole on one strap.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mentioned in the other thread that I see no evidence of insects, but gregsglass mentioned that eggs can exist in fabric for a long time and can hatch, and the insects can disappear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway -- I&#039;d like to know if it&#039;s worth trying to have cleaned? I suspect there is nothing to do about the holes and it would no longer fit me anyway. I would not be wearing it so it would only be cleaned to try to inhibit any further damage. Would mothballs help? -- If it would be worth cleaning, how would I go about finding somebody? Maybe a museum could refer me?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130048[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130049[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130050[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130051[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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