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Looks possibly like an Irish Limerick lace... but wait for more learned heads to join in.

 

I put it on eBay last night for $225 obo - and had a $150 offer when I woke up this morning; which I accepted!
thank you all!

 

You could check the hook and eye closely, if the hook has a hump to stop it from slipping out of the eye, then it is a Dulong hook and eye, and it can perhaps date the dress somewhat.
It was not until the first part of the 19th century that the industry was furthered in the United States. One of the greatest improvements in the attachment was the "Delong hump", patented in 1889 by the Richardson & Delong Hook and Eye Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was a raised elevation or "hump" in the wire hook that prevented the eye from slipping out of the hook, "except at the will of the wearer"

 

Thanks - I will look!

 

I'd have figured 1915-1920 myself, based on the lace and the neckline. Probably formalwear based on said neckline; it would have been scandalously low for daytime, especially with that exposed back.

 

Sorry, I'm late to this game... The lace is machine made. The dress is darling and in great condition! I HOPE that it ended up getting sold! (Fingers crossed). I think the length dates it to post 1900. It doesn't look quite full length to me. Ankles were showing by 1910 or so. It looks to me to be somewhere around 1920-1920. It looks appropriate for a Bride's maid's or formal dance dress.

Leslie