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Vintage for Valentines

Wed, Feb 14, 2024 11:00AM EST
Lot 240

WORTH HALF MOURNING GOWN, PARIS, c. 1904

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

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-pc silk chiffon printed w/brush stroke stripe & horizontal bands, silk lace dickie w/ stock collar & scalloped stomacher of 1860s black Chantilly lace, pleated cummerbund W band, skirt pieced of alternating Chantilly lace & chiffon bands, lined in silk taffeta w/ pinked ruffle, label “C Worth, Paris,” w/ couture tape partially legible #14641(?), (wear CB collar, chiffon trim at neck & underarms damaged, several small light scattered stains in skirt, few thread pulls in chiffon up to 4", bodice Wband untacked along top w/ fraying/few small holes, small tears in chiffon & up to 1.5” in lace around skirt W, few broken brides/small breaks in lace, lining moderately shattered, repairs/reinforcements to lining at bodice & Wband) good. Museum of History & Industry.

Condition

Good

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