BALL GOWN in champagne-colored duchess satin, deep neckline with a draped and accentuated bustline adorned with tulle and tinted machine lace, "butterfly" sleeves, bodice with an incorporated laced whalebone bustier beneath a hook-and-eye back fastening, paneled skirt forming a long train, ivory label with gray woven signature - (inner lacing is not original) - House of WORTH n° 79288, circa 1900
This magnificent gown sold at auction in Paris in June of 2012 for 21,270 € - over $24,000.00.
Charles Worth the Englishman who brought modern haute couture to Paris. The very first! -Rj
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