Victorian Handmade Chantilly Lace Jacket designer-emilio-pucci The skirt is fully lined

The skirt is fully lined in a pale peach silk organza

A small slit is on one side of the hem

The interior bodice is lightly boned

The skirt is lined in a black silk crepe and the top in a fine black tissue silk

This runs down each sleeve and the cord work forms scrolls and filigree

Victorian Handmade Chantilly Lace Jacket designer-emilio-pucci The skirt is fully linedAn amazing and exceedingly rare, Victorian hand made chantilly lace jacket. The shape is created by the lace making process, not cut out of a piece of cloth in other words it was made deliberately to be this shape as it was meticulously hand made stitch by stitch. It is cut fuller through the back as it would have been made to leave room for a bustle at the back. It is not super fitted so may have been a maternity jacket, or morning coat they were