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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














