Great Gatsby Era Vintage 1920s Silk Teddy

Strong and beautiful, this sea foam colored teddy is kissed with beige lace and drapes gracefully over the body. 

The teddy slides over the head and buttons between the legs with two slim mother-of-pearl buttons. These slip smoothly into hand sewn button holes. Silk ribbons strap the shoulders. With a unique design, asymmetrical silk ribbons are designed to wrap around the waist at the back and tie up with a bow next to the decorative silk lace appliqué. This exquisite piece of lingerie is beautifully tailored and hand finished. 

The teddy is a magnificent example of 1920s lingerie. This was truly the epitome of the sensual, feminine woman during circa 1925. One only needs garters! 


Rare. The teddy is strong and wearable with tender loving care. It would, of course, make a magnificent display for museum exhibit and will make an outstanding addition to any 1920s clothing and textiles collection. 

There is no maker’s mark of any kind. It is in beautiful condition, especially considering its age. The teddy measures to fit up to a 27 inch or 68.5 cm waist with a bust line measuring slightly over 32 inches or 81.5 cm. 
The chest band is 33.5 or 85 cm. The strap length is 14 inches or 35.5 cm. 

The measurement from the top of the teddy to the bottom of the leg is 24 inches or 61 cm. Length from the top of the back to the bottom of the crotch insert is 53.5 inches (135.5 cm) plus 7 inches (or 17.5 cm). The crotch insert alone is 7 inches or 17.5 cm, adding to 60.5 or 153 cm.




Vintage 1950s Tuscany Lamb Hat, Muff and Collar

This set is made from golden, plush Tuscany Lamb. It is finished with gold-plated findings and lined with silk velvet…all authentic, vintage 1950s. 

The set consists of three pieces: a beautifully tailored hat, the muff that doubles as a purse and a clip-on collar. Each item appears to have to have never been worn and also appears to have been designed as one of a kind. It was first created over 65 years ago. 



You will find yourself absent-mindedly stroking each piece…savoring the exquisite softness. It is breathtaking; an exciting find. 

Rich, romantic and alluring…there is simply nothing like golden Tuscany Lamb from this era…it is simply not found today.  are no condition issues evident anywhere. 



The condition is pristine and the items appear to never have been worn. There


The beautifully designed hat features a wide, upturned brim. It is lined with satin and faced with silk grosgrain. The hat measures to fit exactly at 22 inches or 56 cm. It was originally designed to sit slightly back off the face. Slightly smaller sizes may wear it tugged low, almost in a cloche style. The crown is 5.5 inches or 14 cm deep. Please refer to the photographs. 

The matching collar is exquisite and lined with silk velvet. It has matching velvet clamps on each end. The collar is therefore designed to clip onto a sweater or 
coat. It may be also be worn twisted up around the neck as seen in the photographs attached. The collar measures a magnificent 41 inches or 104.2 cm in length and is 4 inches or 10 cm wide at the widest point in the middle.

 

The muff is actually also a purse with silk roping for its wristlet. The purse created inside has enough space for a set of keys and an iPhone, plus. It is lined in matching satin. The interior of the zippered purse pouch is lined in contrasting regal purple. The findings appear to be genuine gold-plated. They are beautiful and in strong, glistening condition. The muff-purse is 10.5 inches or 27 cm in length overall. It has a circumference measurement (around) of 25 inches or 63.5 cm. The interior purse opening is generous and also measures 10.5 inches or 27 cm in width. 

The set will truly make an outstanding exhibit for museum display…and of course, will be a treasured acquisition for collectors. Please do remember that if intended for wear, its value is maintained through tender loving care….

Important Historical Fashion Design: Merry Hull Linen Gloves Dated 1938

Glove collectors will be enchanted by this early, exquisite pair of linen Merry Hull gloves.

Gladys Whitcomb Geissmann moved to NYC from Columbus, Ohio and changed her name  to Merry Hull. In 1938, she invented the first 3-dimensional glove design with additional panels that gave a more tailored fit as well as more freedom in movement. Her unique design eliminated the problem of popping seams and bulky gathers around the fingers. 

Merry Hull's name was well known to fashionable women in the late 1930s, through to the 1950s. Her glove advertisements were in multitudes of fashion trade and retail magazines including Cosmopolitan and Vogue...as well as nearly every newspaper. 

Merry Hull's early label is in this pair of exquisite gloves, which date to between 1938-1939 by patent filing and grant dates. The gloves carry that brilliant gold, embroidered label with the hand-with-wings logo and first patent number of 2,125,673 also embroidered inside. Her patent filing date for this glove design was March 1, 1938 and it was granted that year.  

It is Merry Hull's ingenious design that allows the gloves to be made from fabric that is not stretchy. The gloves fit the hand like a well tailored couture suit.

This particular pair of Merry Hull gloves are made from extremely fine, woven linen with what appears to be a small amount of silk plied into the linen fiber, which adds that additional sheen. The gloves are nothing less than luxurious. 

From an estate, these gloves have not been on the market since they were first purchased decades ago. Not only are they stunning in color and quite unusual, but they are also historically important in the history of American fashions. 

Merry Hull gloves just like these are found in important museum collections and curators have written academic papers about this designer and the importance of her patented glove-making designs. In fact, it is said that she alone changed glove design for the first time in 300 years. 

One reference to research if you wish to learn more is from The Costume Society of America's Gayle Strege, curator at Ohio State University Historic Costume & Textiles Collection titled Merry Hull’s Gloves. The paper was presented by Strege at the Costume Society of America Region III annual meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2002. 

According to history, Hull's patent was sold almost immediately, and Merry Hull made an impressive $200,000. Today, Hull is listed as one of the top American inventors in history as well as historically important fashion designer.