An opera coat of black satin and velvet, the satin woven with long stemmed croci in ivory, the collar and cuffs trimmed with fur, the fronts cut away, the silk 1890s, Lyon, made up later

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An opera coat of black satin and velvet, the satin woven with long stemmed croci in ivory, the collar and cuffs trimmed with fur, the fronts cut away, the silk 1890s, Lyon, made up later

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The silk is said to have been woven specially for an ancestor of the vendor at Lyon.

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