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END-OF-SUMMER VINTAGE SPECTACULAR

Wed, Sep 9, 2020 07:00AM EDT
Lot 144

EMILE PINGAT VISITING GOWN, FRANCE, c. 1880

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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
3-pc gown c/o of jacket, bodice & trained bustle skirt in brown twill patterned silk brown silk taffeta, all trimmed w/ brown silk soutache passementerie w/silk covered wooden gland bells & beads w/ chenille fringe fitted pieced basque bodice w/ fitted taffeta sleeves, standing revere collar, frock coat cuffs, silk covered embroidered buttons to CF & cuffs, CB bow w/ fringed ends, skirt pulled into puff for bustle & edged w/ elaborate tassel & fringe braid, jacket w/ shaped sleeve, broad sleeve & decorated cuffs & applied rows of trim, label "E. Pingat, 30.Rue Louis-Le-Grand 30, Paris", B 31", W 22.5", L 55.5"-76", (linings damaged, jacket & train w/ sun damage, top bodice button missing, embroidery on buttons worn) bodice good, skirt fair, jacket poor.