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Details
An important collection of French fashionable doll clothes and accessories
including:
a boned corset of white cotton with herring bone weave
crinolines
white cotton day dress, the short sleeves and front panel of bodice and skirt of ornate broderie Anglaise
cream silk dress printed with blue squares, the bodice trimmed with blonde lace and blue piping -- (heavily darned)
royal blue facecloth riding habit with black glass buttons and black piping -- (buttons broken and some missing, marks to the skirt from folding, moth holes)
sky blue silk satin evening coat and hooded cape trimmed with blonde lace and ruched ribbon -- (some splitting)
two printed cotton pinafores edged with braid
a half-mourning purple dress with black fringed silk sleeves, pelerine and jet decoration
white gauze pelerine woven with purple silk sprigs and trimmed with purple silk ribbon and lace
regional costume comprising beaded black silk bolero, sash and purse, all edged with royal blue silk
regional white wool jacket with cord appliqué and blue silk fringing, possibly Hungarian -- (moth damage)
black silk faille jacket with black and white fringing and braid edging
pair of mauve kid boots with cream silk tassels
another similar pair in black
pair of side-buttoning black kid boots marked C.C. -- (heels missing)
pair of black and pink embroidered woollen slippers with black rosettes pair of black silk side-fastening boots -- (one worn)
elaborate straw-work hat with coral velvet ribbon
white felt toque trimmed with blue feathers
black velvet hat trimmed with green feathers, net and beads
straw boater trimmed with black velvet ribbon and imitation flowers
three odd shoes
underwear
and blouses
-- mainly to fit a 15in. (38cm.) doll, dating from 1860 to 1870
See Colour Plate 8
including:
a boned corset of white cotton with herring bone weave
crinolines
white cotton day dress, the short sleeves and front panel of bodice and skirt of ornate broderie Anglaise
cream silk dress printed with blue squares, the bodice trimmed with blonde lace and blue piping -- (heavily darned)
royal blue facecloth riding habit with black glass buttons and black piping -- (buttons broken and some missing, marks to the skirt from folding, moth holes)
sky blue silk satin evening coat and hooded cape trimmed with blonde lace and ruched ribbon -- (some splitting)
two printed cotton pinafores edged with braid
a half-mourning purple dress with black fringed silk sleeves, pelerine and jet decoration
white gauze pelerine woven with purple silk sprigs and trimmed with purple silk ribbon and lace
regional costume comprising beaded black silk bolero, sash and purse, all edged with royal blue silk
regional white wool jacket with cord appliqué and blue silk fringing, possibly Hungarian -- (moth damage)
black silk faille jacket with black and white fringing and braid edging
pair of mauve kid boots with cream silk tassels
another similar pair in black
pair of side-buttoning black kid boots marked C.C. -- (heels missing)
pair of black and pink embroidered woollen slippers with black rosettes pair of black silk side-fastening boots -- (one worn)
elaborate straw-work hat with coral velvet ribbon
white felt toque trimmed with blue feathers
black velvet hat trimmed with green feathers, net and beads
straw boater trimmed with black velvet ribbon and imitation flowers
three odd shoes
underwear
and blouses
-- mainly to fit a 15in. (38cm.) doll, dating from 1860 to 1870
See Colour Plate 8
Provenance
Emily Charlotte Haskew (1847 - 1892) stayed in Paris for a year in 1865 when she was eighteen, teaching English at a convent school. In 1870 during the Franco Prussion War when Paris was besieged, the daughter of the family that Emily had visited came to stay with her in England bringing the dolls' clothes for Emily's youngest sister Mary Cecilia of whom she was very fond. The clothes were said to have been made by, or under the supervision of, the nun's who taught needlework at the school in Paris.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.