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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Debora, post: 455639, member: 1476&quot;]I&#039;ve a theory but just that.&nbsp; I think it was removed from a dress or skirt because someone (perhaps the person who embroidered it) thought it was too pretty to discard or planned to reuse it.&nbsp; It&#039;s only 49&#039; long so couldn&#039;t have been a garment of much volume.&nbsp; Given that and the burlap backing and the colorway, I&#039;d think 1920s-ish.&nbsp; This was a period when the silhouette was basically straight and narrow so a lot of surface decoration was used.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an article about the &quot;peasant style&quot; of clothing in that period.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/embroidered-peasant-styles-from-the-nineteen-twenties/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/embroidered-peasant-styles-from-the-nineteen-twenties/" rel="nofollow">https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/embroidered-peasant-styles-from-the-nineteen-twenties/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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