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Very early woman's dress form | Victorian Era465 of 688 |  |  |
Posted 2 years ago
Signaholic
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Bought this a few weeks ago and decided to post it cause it is very old, you can tell by the form itself. Gotta be as early as the 20s I would think. The celluloid collar was one of my Grandfather's that I just stuck there.
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Nice find . I have been looking for one of these for a very long time . I also love the shoes you have sitting next to it . Very nice .
Thank you Nancy Salisbury and vintagemad! Typical male here, my wife found it first and I of course didn't really hear her when she said that I had to go look at it.
When I finally saw it I said we have to buy this right now! She told me I was lucky it was still there and nobody had snatched it up yet. Dodged one more bullet there. Let's hear it for us males!!! Uhhhh, I'll shutup now.
Thank you Bernadette
Thanks Van!