Lot 115
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A HAIR ORNAMENT IN THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY
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A HAIR ORNAMENT IN THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY

ALEXANDRE DE PARIS, CIRCA 1960

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A HAIR ORNAMENT IN THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY
ALEXANDRE DE PARIS, CIRCA 1960
Made from hair and mounted on silk tulle wings
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Lot Essay

Audrey had a long association with the famed celebrity hair dresser, Alexandre de Paris. She is said to have asked him to make her braids into hairpieces, when she cut her hair for the film The Unforgiven. This is reputed to be one such hairpiece

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