JAQUES DOUCET Blouse, Paris, ca. 1910 #baroqueshoes this pair represents an outstanding

this pair represents an outstanding and historically significant survival of 18th‑century English shoemaking

Bodice is made of cream lace and cotton with a stand collar

antique purses

aristocratic ladies lived on their country estates

unusual color combinations and a reappropriation of artistic elements and motifs

JAQUES DOUCET Blouse, Paris, ca. 1910 #baroqueshoes this pair represents an outstandingJacques Doucet Sheer Lace and Cotton Blouse, ca. 1910. Label: Doucet, 21. Rue De La Paix, Paris. The blouse is a Haute Couture blouse. Bodice is made of cream lace and cotton with a stand collar, dolman sleeves with a buttoned cotton cuff and a center front decorative row of covered buttons. An asymmetrical net ruffle extends down the left front and the bodice closes down the center back with hooks and eyes. The interior shear lining is gathered into