A dress, the skirts made up of tiered layers of Chantilly style black lace, the sleeves gathered at the elbow, 1960s; a jacket, the black net applied with black sequins and beads fashioned into flowering branches; a cape of black Chantilly lace, worked with panels of naturalistic flowers--112 x 57in. (284 x 145cm.); and a flounce of similar lace, with a scalloped edge decorated with scrolling foliate bands, the field with groups of flowers--184 x 18in. (472 x 46cm.) (4)

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A dress, the skirts made up of tiered layers of Chantilly style black lace, the sleeves gathered at the elbow, 1960s; a jacket, the black net applied with black sequins and beads fashioned into flowering branches; a cape of black Chantilly lace, worked with panels of naturalistic flowers--112 x 57in. (284 x 145cm.); and a flounce of similar lace, with a scalloped edge decorated with scrolling foliate bands, the field with groups of flowers--184 x 18in. (472 x 46cm.) (4)

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