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A winter coat of russet wool, with three-quarter length sleeves and fastening with three large buttons, unlabelled DIOR, early 1960s; a knitted woollen dress, in harlequin design in russet, olive green and black, unlabelled 1960s; and a summer dress of royal blue linen, labelled HARDY AMIES READY TO WEAR, size 16

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A winter coat of russet wool, with three-quarter length sleeves and fastening with three large buttons, unlabelled DIOR, early 1960s; a knitted woollen dress, in harlequin design in russet, olive green and black, unlabelled 1960s; and a summer dress of royal blue linen, labelled HARDY AMIES READY TO WEAR, size 16
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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.
Further details
These items were given to the vendor by the Late Dame Margot Fonteyn in 1964. Dame Margot can be seen in a video, produced and directed by Patricia Foy for Antelope Films 1989, wearing the woollen dress as she rushed off to see her husband Tito after he had been shot.

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