A collection of costume including a cocktail dress of ivory satin the bodice embroidered with pastes, labelled in side seam Elspeth Fox Pitt, 25 Sloane Square, with matching handkerchief, mid 1920s; and two other similar fragmentary dresses; an evening dress of black tulle and silk bands, and another chiffon dress with pleated skirts fastening with early plastic zips, late 1940s(a lot)

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A collection of costume including a cocktail dress of ivory satin the bodice embroidered with pastes, labelled in side seam Elspeth Fox Pitt, 25 Sloane Square, with matching handkerchief, mid 1920s; and two other similar fragmentary dresses; an evening dress of black tulle and silk bands, and another chiffon dress with pleated skirts fastening with early plastic zips, late 1940s(a lot)

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