A ball gown of ivory silk woven with self-coloured chrysanthenums, the bodice and skirt front overlaid with ivory net and heavily embellished with opalescent beads and simulated pearls, labelled in waistband Russell & Allen...Londres; another of taupe silk woven with pink and pale yellow leaves, trimmed with tulle, chestnut velvet and beads, both mid 1880s; and another bodice