A sleeveless ball dress of lemon yellow satin with flared bias cut skirt, high neck and V neck decolletage at the back with false buttons, overlaid with ivory grosgrain forming a broad ribbon trail across the front of the bodice and sides into the skirt back, embroidered with ivory floss silks, metal threads, beads, yellow pastes and appliqué with silver lamé and ivory gauze forming stylised rose heads and floral sprigs, unlabelled, Balmain, circa 1960-1, slight staining