Woman's Civil War Style White 100% Cotton Guimpe Blouse Showy Sleeves Sz Medium

Description

Women's
S
ize Medium (38" bust, 35" waist.)
Civil War Style Loose Fitting Pure White (no blue tinge, the best view of the color is the last picture) 100% Cotton White Guimpe Body or Blouse.
The fabric is a design of small woven
lines
consisting of alternating bright white lines and lighter white lines. It has a narrow rolled collar with a button closure. It is easy to accessorize with collars, ribbons, ties and jewelry. It also has huge, puffy sleeves finished with narrow cuffs with button closure.  The buttons are white milk-glass. The collar and cuffs are accented with white cotton lace in a floral design.
All of the seams are flat felled to give a nice, strong seam.
The easy, fit blouse is made of 100% cotton, cool and comfortable. The raglan style sleeve it easy to wear under variety of tops. The fullness of the blouse can be laid into lovely pleats when worn under a lower cut bodice or waist.  The puffy, full sleeves make an attractive display in the place of undersleeves or sleeve
jockeys
.
Due to the sheer nature of the fabric, proper period undergarments are required.
These bodies (or as we know them today, blouses) appeared in all the fashion magazines of the Era. They were worn under all types of garments, from open necked dresses to Swiss bodies, tea bodices, vests. Medici belts and zonal waists. The guimpe is peasant style with diagonal raglan style armscye. The garment basically fits  only at the neck and wrists with full puffy sleeves and a keyhole opening with button closure at the back neck. The use of lots of fabric in the guimp would be a sign of status. It is not made to be worn alone with a skirt, that was simply not done by "women of quality." Fashion forward younger women were beginning to wear skirts and guimps  (and
Garibaldi
blouses) with decorative Medici belts and waists alone.
The size medium guimpe, extra-full cut blouse measures 15" at the neckline, 7" at the cuffs, it is straight cut across the bust and waist and measures 47".  It is 26 1/2" long from back neck closure to hem. The sleeves are 28" long from neck edge to the cuff bottom and are 24" around.
Easy care:  I suggest  machine wash cool and hang dry. The glass buttons can be broken in the dryer.
I am happy to combine shipping on multiple items. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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