Antique Cream Lace Blouse Front, Guimpe, Chemisette - Medium 1920s shirt Unusual and delightful lingerie piece

Unusual and delightful lingerie piece - this embroidered linen combing jacket would have been worn by a woman while she was setting or styling her hair

pastel pink

Front slit pockets or patch pocket

Some marks on the skirt as shown

Colour has dulled

Antique Cream Lace Blouse Front, Guimpe, Chemisette - Medium 1920s shirt Unusual and delightful lingerie pieceAntique cream lace guimpe can be used as a layering piece, styled over or underneath another top. A chemisette or guimpe would have been worn beneath a jacket or cardigan to give the appearance of wearing a blouse. This one has a front of cream cotton lace, a V neckline bound with ribbon and five plastic buttons at the front as trim. There are rows of tucks in the lace. The back is plain calico. The lower front is a double layer of cotton organdy. It