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VINTAGE FASHION & TEXTILES from MUSEUMS

Wed, Apr 17, 2013 08:00AM EDT
Lot 29

EMBROIDERED VISITING DRESS, 1870s

Estimate: $700 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$2,000 $100
$5,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$40,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000
$1,000,000 $25,000
2 main fabrics: black silk faille & black silk satin, satin w/ narrow velvet stripe embroidered w/ wine, brown & blue flowers, polonaise bodice, cut steel buttons & lace, blue satin modesty insert, trained bustle skirt, B 36", W 30", Skirt L 40"-59", provenance, Homans family Washington, D.C., (velvet worn at bodice front, lining stained, some baleen boning loose, waistband & seams unstitched in places) very good.