This lot includes TWO Victorian blouses.

LEFT TO RIGHT

THE FIRST ON LEFT
White machine lace blouse with back hook and eye closure, high standing neck valenciennes lace collar and with ¾ sleeve length. Cuffs adorned with scalloped valenciennes lace. White silk inner lining.

Approximate Measurements:
Across back Shoulders: 14"
Chest: 30"
Waist: 26-1/2"
Length (underarm to hem): 10"
Length (shoulder to hem): Front 18".
Sleeve (shoulder seam to cuff): 22”.

CONDITION
The overall condition is very good clean condition and structurally sound with the following issues:
Splits/Tears: Inner lining has some smaller splits in silk and a few mends.
Soiling/None.
I have not laundered this blouse.

THE SECOND ON RIGHT
White lacey cotton blouse adorned with machine lace embroidered roses and roundels of machine drawnwork, and Irish Crochet lace inserts neck edge and cuffs. With long sleeves with Irish crochet lace edged cuffs, and using fabric covered button closures on back of blouse.
Unlabeled

Approximate Measurements:
Across back Shoulders: 15"
Chest 35"
Waist: 45"
Length (underarm to hem): 10"
Length (shoulder to hem): 20"
Sleeve (shoulder seam to cuff): 23".

CONDITION
The overall condition is very good and a little dusty from decades of storage and structurally with the following issues:
Soiling/Spots: None, little dusty and very small oxidation storage marks.
Split/Tears: Loose threads and few broken threads in round roundels of drawnwork.
Needs to be laundered to whiten.

PROVENANCE
Clothing from the estate of William Insco Buchanan (September 10, 1853 to October 17, 1909) who was an American diplomat. On January 26, 1894, President Grover Cleveland (the former mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York appointed Buchanan United States Minister to Argentina. Buchanan was chosen by John G. Milburn, president of the exposition, as the exposition was planned with a Latin American theme and they wanted someone who knew the South American countries well.
Buchanan was Director General of the Pan-American Exposition, held in Buffalo, New York from May 1 through November 2, 1901, and is credited with the construction, operation, and dismantling of the exposition.
His ancestors still resides in the same home in Buffalo, New York and all clothing were stored in the attic of this ancestral home.

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