HARDY AMIES, AN OYSTER WHITE SATIN GOWN
Lot 137

HARDY AMIES, AN OYSTER WHITE SATIN GOWN

Closed21 November 2007

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GBP 1,250

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HARDY AMIES, AN OYSTER WHITE SATIN GOWN
sleeveless full-skirted gown with decorative tucks to the bodice, with integral stiff crinoline and boned corset, labelled

Given by Dame Margot Fonteyn to the vendor. The vendor was a friend of the great ballerina, and this dress, which belonged to Fonteyn, was given to her as a keepsake. The twenty-inch waist is similar to other examples of Margot Fonteyn's wardobe in various collecitons.