Black silk bodice blouse 1910s wired high collar | XXS

Description
This black floral damask silk bodice or blouse with a wired Medici collar most likely dates from the early to mid-1910s. The fabulous, high collar is “boned” with vertical metal strips, to stand on its own, above the round neckline. A small panel of yellow-gold shiny silk, trimmed with delicate lace and teeny-tiny black velvet-covered buttons, is inset above the center front panel of plain black silk satin. This panel disguises the asymmetrical front opening of the blouse, where it overlaps on the left side and fastens with snaps. The long sleeves have small puffs at the shoulder…