This went for a lot of money, but who cares? This is worth like a trillion dollars! It seems fake! I've never seen anything like it! I wonder if this was made for someone whose husband worked at sea. I love the way whales and similar animals were depicted as dragon-like monsters, especially pre-photography.
According to the auction, this was a reproduction, though you can't really tell from the photos. I think it must have been a quality vintage repro. It's quite jaunty!
I often wondered why fancy dresses from this time period often had a zipper front, because zippers are generally considered quite casual. Simone told me it was because zippers had just been invented and they wanted to show them off, hence this rather adorned zipper.
