Live Auction 542020th Century Fashion & Accessories
A RARE BOLT OF LYON DRESS SILK, 1930S
Lot 276

A RARE BOLT OF LYON DRESS SILK, 1930S

Closed4 March 2008

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GBP 875

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A RARE BOLT OF LYON DRESS SILK, 1930S
black silk crepe printed with shocking pink roundels enclosing portraits of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, William Powell, Clark, Gable,--12m x 1m ; and a further bolt of Lyon silk, 1930s (2)

Specialist note

An unusual survival, these silks came from the stock of a Paris fabric shop closed circa 1930. They have remained on the bolts since.