An evening dress of black silk with V shaped lamé inserted panel at the front of the bodice, trimmed with diamenté, the skirt inset with panels of embroidered net, labelled Madame Joan Brockenhurst, Brookley Road, early 1920s; a dress of claret coloured devoré, the velvet voided to reveal leaves and a spotted chiffon ground, 1920s; and two other dresses similar (4)

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An evening dress of black silk with V shaped lamé inserted panel at the front of the bodice, trimmed with diamenté, the skirt inset with panels of embroidered net, labelled Madame Joan Brockenhurst, Brookley Road, early 1920s; a dress of claret coloured devoré, the velvet voided to reveal leaves and a spotted chiffon ground, 1920s; and two other dresses similar (4)

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