Robe de soirée en mousseline de soie et lamé, style américain, vers 1918
Estimation 500 $ - 700 $
Vente le 22/05/2002
Matière métallisé, lamé
Couleur noir, jaune, or, naturel, beige
Nom de la vente Couture, Textiles and Accessories
Lot 96
Maison de vente Doyle
Pays États-Unis
Description du catalogue
Lot 96
Coffee Chiffon and Lame Party Dress American, circa 1918
American, circa 1918
Comprising a sleeveless gold and black lame underdress and a dress of gossamer chiffon, the bodice with low V front, beaded with rows of pearlescent bugle beads with irregularly shaped negative spaces, a wide shaped heavily beaded belt at natural waist level, and an open skirt fashioned from draped panels attached only at hem, size 8, labeled: Louis/ Cerlian/36 East 49th Street/New York.
Good condition, some holes in chiffon, one frayed area on underdress skirt and at armscyes.
Oral history accompanying this dress attributes original ownership to the great dancer Isadora Duncan.