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#0157 - c.
1925 JEAN PATOU Paris,
Cannes, Monte Carlo Couture
Numbered Ecru
and Black Silk Velvet Flapper Party Dress Trimmed in Rhinestones and
Faux Pearls! Larger Size!
Wow, if you are one of my website groupies,
you might have seen my Alzheimer's is kicking in as I originally had
this listed as Jeanne Lanvin! Eek! Luckily I have my customers
and webfriends looking out for me and proofreading for me!
Thanks Mark! OK... Jean Patou dress... got that... Patou, Patou,
Patou! There is
a hand-written number under the label as you'd hope to expect.
The dress itself is a glorious design of crushed ecru silk velvet
and black silk velvet skirt. The free-flowing "necklace" is
made of fully beaded clear round beads and tiny rhinestones in tiled
diamond shapes and is attached at shoulders and at circle at front.
The same design continues at back with TWO free-flowing "necklaces".
The low waistline which follows around the back uses faux pearls and
rhinestones in a slightly different design which "pops" off the
black velvet. The front ecru velvet "scarf" down the middle of
the skirt waves free as you walk. The condition isn't perfect.
There are large underarm stains, one pindot and one pinhead sized
light spots, and one pinhead size dark penmark on the bodice (all
three marks can disappear with tiny tack tucks in the velvet! - I'd
do it if I had a devious bone in my body, but I don't). There
are also beads and rhinestones are missing from the trims which will
only mostly bother you on very close inspection- except for one or
two pearl trim areas on the waist (so add a pearl or two and it will
look nearly perfect from afar). So the dress is marked
according to condition - really only the underarm stains are of
great issue! Rare to find a 1920s Patou dress on the open market,
so snap it up for your collection! This has been in my personal
collection for 15 years! Measures: 44" bust, 38" at low waist/upper
hip, 46" long from shoulder to hem. Meant to be worn slightly
large.
SOLD - but on display in Museum Category for Research/Display
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