Live Auction 9637Vintage Couture & Luxury Handbags, Including The Disney Princess Dresses, Sold to Benefit Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
A CHANEL WEDDING GOWN AND TRAIN
Lot 102 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE

A CHANEL WEDDING GOWN AND TRAIN

1930

Closed13 November 2013

Price Realised

GBP 40,000

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A CHANEL WEDDING GOWN AND TRAIN
1930
Composed of a dress with elaborately gored and top stitched bodice and skirts, the detachable train appliqué with cream velvet flowers, fixing to shoulder with hooks and eyes
Labelled CHANEL, with couture number '99409'

Sold with the lot is a copy of an original photograph of the wedding of Mercedes Dose to Alexander von Dietrichstein at the Saint Honoré d'Eylau Church in Paris. The wedding is described in the book "Argentina, the Golden Years, 1899-1939", by Alberto Dodero and Philippe Cros.

This dress was a wedding present from Coco Chanel, who was a good friend of the bride and bridegroom.