1940s 'Peasant Art Importing Co' embroidered dress - Large XL Floral With semi fitted bodice featuring

With semi fitted bodice featuring gathers in a ‘V’ to flat central panel

the bodice is designer to resemble an open jacket over cami underneath

but original

who was an industrious Edwardian migrant to the US and set up her own store on Fifth Ave in 1904

1940s 'Peasant Art Importing Co' embroidered dress - Large XL Floral With semi fitted bodice featuringUtterly gorgeous 1940s dress in blackest rayon, handles and drapes beautifully, from Peasant Art Importing Co label, a New York company operational from at least the mid 1920s through to the 50s from what I can find online (original Vogue magazine ad from 1927 attached, and a transcript from 37), specialising in Eastern European and Russian embroidery. Semi fitted to the waist, with skirt gored in panels for fulness, and side metal zip fastening. The