A sleeveless cocktail over-dress of gold lam applied with beadwork and diament paste bands at the waist, the skirt split, mid 1920s; a bias cut dress of black satin woven with narrow gold lam stripes, ruched across the front of the bodice, applied with stylised flowers around the front of the neckline, early 1930s; and two other cocktail dresses

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A sleeveless cocktail over-dress of gold lam applied with beadwork and diament paste bands at the waist, the skirt split, mid 1920s; a bias cut dress of black satin woven with narrow gold lam stripes, ruched across the front of the bodice, applied with stylised flowers around the front of the neckline, early 1930s; and two other cocktail dresses

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