An opera cape of pale green chiffon woven with lamé spots, trimmed with appliqué silver lamé lace arabesques in the manner of Indian robes, lined with pink chiffon and bound in orange silk, with indistinct handwritten label inscribed No8 and 397, possibly Paul Poiret, circa 1910-14

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An opera cape of pale green chiffon woven with lamé spots, trimmed with appliqué silver lamé lace arabesques in the manner of Indian robes, lined with pink chiffon and bound in orange silk, with indistinct handwritten label inscribed No8 and 397, possibly Paul Poiret, circa 1910-14
Provenance
The Late Pamela, Countess of Lytton, C.I., Knebworth House, Hertfordshire.

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