A dress of ivory figured silk woven with flower sprays, with swagged rouleaux at the hem and piping on the bodice and cuffs, mid 1820s; and a purse of ivory velvet embellished with sequins in the form of flowerheads and beadwork tassels, first half of 19th century (2)

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A dress of ivory figured silk woven with flower sprays, with swagged rouleaux at the hem and piping on the bodice and cuffs, mid 1820s; and a purse of ivory velvet embellished with sequins in the form of flowerheads and beadwork tassels, first half of 19th century (2)
Provenance
Leigh family of Bath. Jane Austen stayed with her aunt Mrs Leigh-Perrot at 1, The Paragon, Bath, until 1804

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