An evening dress of purple shot silk by Hockley, embroidered down the side with paste and sequin simulating buttonholes, with trained and hobbled skirt, the bodice and petticoat trimmed with Brussels lace, labelled at waistband Hockley, 20, Conduit St., London W., circa 1912; and an evening dress of ivory satin trimmed with panels of Indian embroidery and with lace, also labelled Hockley, 20, Conduit St., London W., circa 1900; and a Court train of cloth of silver trimmed with lace, with Court feathers (2)

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An evening dress of purple shot silk by Hockley, embroidered down the side with paste and sequin simulating buttonholes, with trained and hobbled skirt, the bodice and petticoat trimmed with Brussels lace, labelled at waistband Hockley, 20, Conduit St., London W., circa 1912; and an evening dress of ivory satin trimmed with panels of Indian embroidery and with lace, also labelled Hockley, 20, Conduit St., London W., circa 1900; and a Court train of cloth of silver trimmed with lace, with Court feathers (2)

來源

Worn at Court by the vendor's greatgrandmother and great aunt. The white dress was worn by the artist Anne McClean, sister of Sir Francis MacClean, an early aviator. Anne McClean was the first woman to fly in Africa before the First World War. She and her brother flew from Alexandria to Kharthoum