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COUTURE, VINTAGE & HISTORIC CLOTHING

Wed, Nov 13, 2013 09:00AM EST
Lot 136

LADY'S EVENING ENSEMBLE, FRANCE, c. 1890

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
2-piece faun velvet, tambour embroidery in rose blossom pattern, gold beadwork on gold collar & bodice, matching bonnet stamped "A. Felix Brevete 15 Faub. St. Honore Paris", includes high vamp shoes, (bodice altered, seams let out, petersham missing,bodice hem & waistband altered, bottom applique moved, shoes missing beads & silk split) shoes fair, dress very good. Provenance: MI. Senator Francis Stockbridge's wife, Elizabeth, wore this to President Benjamin Harrison's March 4, 1889 innaguration.