TWO FAILLE OR CREPE PARTY DRESSES, 1920s

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  • Lot: 28
  • April 16th, 2025 - Brooklyn Museum Textiles & Designer Couture Sale
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
1 fine raspberry faile party dress w/ flat bow & W ties backed in purple faille, inset SS panels w/ applied self ruffles for robe de style effect, B 34”, W 32”, L 40”, (heavy wear armscyes w/ many tiny-0.5” holes, 0.75” seam opening CF W, 2.5” seam opening b/t CF skirt panels, light discoloration, light 6.5” drip stain lap, few sm holes skirt); 2-pc celadon silk crepe party dress w/ scalloped pelerine collar & horizontal ruffles, original matching underdress of crepe de chine over silk crepe, B 32”, L 38”, (fabric strain & pulls/thinning, underarm wear/light discoloration, few sm holes, few stains up to 3”, 1.25” repair CF hem, underdress straps shattered) Both fair.

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  • Price Realized: $ 187.5
  • Category: Womens Party
  • Era: 1920-1949

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