Blue Crepe Dress with Lace Cuffs and Trim

Blue crepe dress; in two parts. Comprising of a straight slip in rayon with a crepe front. narrow straps. White guipure lace trim added to front and back (possibly in the 1960s) lace trim and central bar with small five-petalled daisy with arabesque coil and large eight petalled daisy.. Dress has deep V neck. 3/4 cuffed sleeves, straight cut shawl collar on fronts and shoulder seams. 11 machine stitched pin tucks on either sides of the collars. Metal 12 zip inside left hand seam. Cuffs trimmed with same guipure lace as slip. Two piece skirt with one large and three small inverted pleats, away from centre front, on both sides of back.. Maker: Terrys. Date: 1940 - 1949 - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University