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Lot 77

Sale 770 - Luxe Holiday: A Collectors' Collection
Dec 11, 2020 10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$300 - 400
Price Realized
$375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Two Silk Taffeta Evening Bodices, 1880s 


This lot includes two bodices. 

THE FIRST
Gray silk taffeta bodice woven with a stylized geometric pattern and trimmed with gray/green silk taffeta, with pleated taffeta neckline, sleeves with pleated button detail cuffs, tabbed hemline, and center front button closures.
Unlabeled
Mary D. Doering Archive No.: BOW.034.1880

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 14.5"
Chest: 34.25"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 42"
Length (underarm to hem): 15.5"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 29.25"

THE SECOND
Black silk taffeta bodice with layered pleated neckline, shirred sleeves with bows, and center front button closures. BOW.062.1880. 
Label (stamped on Petersham belt, mostly illegible):  (Illegible) Boland / Robes / 34 Rue Matignon 34 / Paris
Mary D. Doering Archive No.: BOW.062.1880 

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 12.5"
Chest: 34"
Waist: 22.25"
Length (underarm to hem): 10"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 28.25"

Property of Mary D. Doering, Falls Church, Virginia

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