Lot Essay
The wrap was number 161 in Balenciaga's collection shown in February 1956. Sold with this lot is a photocopy of this being modelled.
Details
An evening wrap of ivory satin with one arm, the other side draped, labelled Balenciaga - Paris, inscribed 64455, 1956/7; and a peaked cap of burgundy felt trimmed with self coloured ostrich feathers and net, labelled Paquin Paris - London, probably 1940s? (2)