Antique Cream Lace Blouse Front, Guimpe, Chemisette - Medium 1920s shirt Carriers at the waist show

Carriers at the waist show that it once had a belt or tie but this has been lost

"No seams or turnings are allowed

Some marks on the skirt as shown

5 cm (12 3/8")

are quite short but can easily be replaced with some ribbon

Antique Cream Lace Blouse Front, Guimpe, Chemisette - Medium 1920s shirt Carriers at the waist showAntique 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