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Left:
Chanel couture silk lace/tulle dress, c.1937. Label: "Chanel" with couture number
on the back. Featured in the Chanel exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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Worth sequined evening gown, c.1930. See Doyle Couture Auction catalogue listing
#520, April 2003 for the provenance. |
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Left:
French gold sequined evening gown, c.1930.
Label: "Made in France." |
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Right:
Fortuny belted silk velvet jacket, hand stenciled with the lace pattern, c.1930. Label: "Mariano
Fortuny/Venise." |
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Left:
Gallenga hand stenciled silk velvet coat, c.1930. Label: "Gallenga/Roma-Firenze." |
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Right:
Augustabernard bias-cut satin evening gown, c.1930. Label: "Augustabernard" with
a stamped couture number on the back. |
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Left:
Nan Duskin floral silk taffeta evening gown, 1950s. Label: "Nan Duskin/Philadelphia." |
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Right:
Ceil Chapman silk organza party dress, 1950s. Labels: "Ceil Chapman" & "Julius Garfinckel?Washington." |
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Left:
Lucien Lelong silk tulle evening gown with original silk slip, c.1930. Label: "Lucien
Lelong/16/Avenue Matignon-Paris." |
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Right:
Fortuny silk pleated Delphos dress with Venetian glass beads on the sides, c.1925-1930.
The belt and dress seams are marked "Fortuny DSE." |
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Left:
Worth bias-cut silk crepe evening gown, c.1930. A small label of the model name and number reads "19020/10756 ARÔME robe." |
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Right:
Philip Hulitar floral silk evening gown with silk organza train,
c.1950. |
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Left:
Adrian beaded/sequined crepe evening gown with back streamers, c.1942. Labels: "Adrian Original" and "The French Shops/Filene's/Boston." |
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Right:
Lanvin-Castillo satin ballgown with metallic embroidery, c.1950. Labels: "Jeanne Lanvin/Paris" and "Castillo." |
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Left:
Ceil Chapman beaded silk dress, c.1950. White label: "Ceil Chapman." |
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Right:
Adrian custom designed straw hat with gros-grain ribbon trim, c.1940. Label: "Adrian Custom." |
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Left:
Charles James velvet evening bodice, c.1949. Attribution: The
Genius of Charles James by Elizabeth Ann Coleman, pp. 36, 42, 50-51, 122. |
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Right:
Dior-New York silk chiffon evening gown, c.1950.
Label: "Christian Dior-New York/Original" |
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Left:
Worth sequined silk chiffon evening gown with low-cut
back and rhinestone straps, c.1930. Label: "C Worth." |
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Right:
Howard Greer lace over taffeta party dress, c.1950. Labels: "Howard Greer/Beverly Hills" and "The Halle Bros. Co./Specialty Shop. |
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Left:
Madame Grès silk jersey draped evening gown,
c.1945. Label: "Grès/1.Rue de la Paix/Paris." |
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Right:
Karen Stark/Harvey Berin appliquéd tulle
over satin party dress, c.1950. Label: "Harvey Berin Designed by Karen
Stark." |
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Left:
Rudolf beaded silk peau-de-soie party dress,
c.1950. Label: "Original by Rudolf." |
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Right:
Unlabeled sequined tulle evening jacket, c.1940. |
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Left:
Lace evening dress with Boué Soeurs-type silk ribbon floral decoration, c.1930. |
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Right:
Helen Bond Carruthers cashmere sweater appliquéd with Chinese hand-embroidered shawl motifs, c.1950. Label at waist: "Helen Bond Carruthers." |
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Left:
Maggy Rouff silk damask evening coat with jewelry-style
clasp at waist, c.1938. Label: "Maggy Rouff/Ave. des Champs-Elysées/136.Paris.136." |
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Right:
Hattie Carnegie gold lamé evening gown with embroidered wool jacket, c.1930. Label: "Hattie Carnegie, Inc./Original/Made for Neusteter's/Denver." |
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Left:
Marcel Rochas velvet evening gown with striped taffeta
bodice and bustle, c.130-40. Label: "Marcel Rochas/Paris." |
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Right:
Lanvin-Castillo jeweled silk organza evening jacket with matching obi sash, c.1950. Labels: "Made in France/Jeanne Lanvin/Paris" and "Castillo." |
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Left:
Ferragamo beaded mesh evening shoes with gold stiletto heels, c.1950. Insole stamped "Ferragamo's Creations/Florence Italy." |
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Right:
Ferragamo beaded satin evening sandals with wedge heels,
c.1940-42. Insole stamped "Ferragamo's Creations/Florence Italy." |
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Left:
Hattie Carnegie beaded silk evening dress, c.1950.
White label: "Hattie Carnegie." |
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Right:
Silk lace/satin evening dress, c.1930. Label: "Jessie Franklin Turner/200
Park Avenue/New York." |
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Left:
Lanvin hooded lace/tulle cape with gold sequins and embroidery, c.1930. Label: "Jeanne Lanvin/Paris/22.Faubourg St. Honoré." |
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Right:
Dior-New York satin evening gown, c.1950. Label: "Christian Dior-New York,
Inc." |
