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vintage 1940's dress ...rare Thornton Varley Hull floral spray dress

vintage 1940's dress ...rare Thornton Varley Hull floral spray dress

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true vintage 1940s thornton-varley hull beautiful quality subtly embossed textured cotton with a gorgeous floral spray print dress

Long gone are the days of Thornton Varley's dressmakers so these lovely pieces are increasingly hard to find; especially in such wonderful condition.

First opened in Hull, U.K. during the 19th century, Thornton-Varley was described as "one of the finest and best equipped provincial stores in the country".
Stocking a wide array of goods including women's fashion, men's three-piece suits, to fabrics and accessories. People would travel far and wide to visit the department store. Department stores like Thornton Varley in Hull, or smaller shops like Harris on Carr Lane employed dressmakers, alteration hands, and "tailoresses" to serve their customers’ requirements

Heavy bombing during the Second World War forced the store to relocate to a temporary home at the Royal Institution on Albion Street which also housed part of the Hull Museum, part of the Hull Subscription Library, and the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society's lecture hall. A few relocations and refurbishments followed but Thornton-Varley soldiered on.

It became a limited company five years after the war and in 1953, the company was purchased by the giant Debenham organization.

Hull Daily Mail, (2011, October 24), Debenhams to create 50 jobs in revamped Hull city centre store.
Henderson, Carrie (2016, November 12). Hull Fashion and Textile History: Dressmaking In The Early 1960s – A Misses Burnt Orange Cotton Dress. Retrieved from https://carriehendersonjournalist.com

ATTRIBUTES

  • classic forties silhouette with a longer full skirt
  • fabulous long pointy Barrymore collar that can be worn buttoned up as shown, or turned down.
  • long full tiered skirt
  • gorgeous floral spray print on an embossed cotton
  • small original shoulder pads covered with the same fabric as the dress
  • original gorgeous coordinating buttons
  • shirred elasticized sleeve cuffs
  • original self belt

*accessories NOT included

 

MEASUREMENTS:

Measurements given are ''actual'' measurements of the item taken from the outside of the garment. Please consider your individual comfort and compare measurements accordingly. For more information regarding our sizing, or measurement process please review our

SIZE & MEASUREMENT GUIDES

 

bust-38", waist-32", hips-free, shoulders-14", sleeves-21", length-49"

 

CONDITION:

excellent- found one tiny nail polish mark in the folds of the skirt which may easily lift with initial cleaning. price adjusted accordingly.

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