Vintage & Historic Clothing from Legendary Museums
Catalog Information: 221 lots with images | View lots
Date: November 4, 2009
Auction House:
Location:
15 Columbus Avenue (at 60th Street)
New York, NY
USA
10019
Phone: 802.376.7166
Fax: 802.463.3333
Email: bob@augusta-auction.com
Viewing Notes:
All sale lots are on display at the sale location. The public preview will be held on November 3rd from 2 PM to 7 PM. Lots can again be viewed on the morning of the sale from 9 AM until Noon.
Sale Notes:
The auction features clothing, textiles and fashion accessories that come from many legendary museums and Institutions: Asian textiles from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, 18th C. American & European clothing & textiles from Colonial Williamsburg, 17th - 20th C. clothing & accessories from the internationally renowned Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection and treasures from other institutions and private consignors.
Lot 1: PALE BLUE BELLE EPOCH TEA GOWN, c. 1905
2-piece silk taffeta, skirt & bodice w/ bobbin lace inserts having black net center medallions, all embellished w/ tiny silver sequins, scalloped self-fabric bands embroidered w/ ivory flowers, short blue bugle beads & pearls, high collar insert of B [...more]
Lot 2: PINK & CHARTREUSE BALLGOWN, 1888
Floral pink silk damask bodice, pink brocade chiffon over bodice top & shoulders, chartreuse velvet short balloon sleeves & bodice trim, skirt pink silk satin overlaid w/ pink brocade chiffon, wide chartreuse velvet belt, Sh-Sh 10.25", B 32", W 22", [...more]
Lot 3: THREE PIECE BEADED SILK VISITING DRESS, 1880s
Jacket, bustle skirt & cape of mushroom silk faille: fitted jacket, band collar, 23 cut steel buttons, pleated back peplum, cut steel bead bands trim jacket front & cuffs over beige satin ribbons & lace flounces; bustle skirt, knife pleated front, si [...more]
Lot 4: YELLOW BALLGOWN ENSEMBLE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1890s
Bodice, skirt, shoes & hose of silk buttercup yellow, front lacing bodice, CF & CB waist points, floral & striped silk brocade w/ satin short balloon sleeves, petersham stamped "Maison Truffert San Francisco", trained satin skirt, matching satin pum [...more]
Lot 5: IVORY SILK SATIN WEDDING GOWN, c. 1880
2-piece w/ self pleated fabric trim, bodice w/ elbow length sleeves & shoulder puffs, CF dorset buttons, elongated front & back points, long trained skirt w/ ivory silk & chenille fringe, ruched draped overskirt above fan shaped pleats, extremely lon [...more]
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