A dress of pale green silk faille in 18th century style, woven with self coloured satin meandering stripes, brocaded with self coloured, pale blue and lilac trailing flowers, the bodice trimmed with powder pink silk faille, labelled in the waistband, Mrs C Donovan, 260 Madison Ave., New York, early 1890s, skirt unpicked
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A dress of pale green silk faille in 18th century style, woven with self coloured satin meandering stripes, brocaded with self coloured, pale blue and lilac trailing flowers, the bodice trimmed with powder pink silk faille, labelled in the waistband, Mrs C Donovan, 260 Madison Ave., New York, early 1890s, skirt unpicked
Provenance
The former property of Mary Endicott, later Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain.
Lot Essay
Mary Endicott was married in 1888 and this dress could have conceivably been part of her trousseau.
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