Live Auction 5927Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers

Lot 219

A COTTON MEZZARA

GENOA, 1860S

Closed29 September 2009

Price Realised

GBP 2,750

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A COTTON MEZZARA
GENOA, 1860S
printed with a menagerie of exotic animals beneath a palm tree
100in. x 98in. (254cm. x 249cm.)

Specialist note

Mezzara were used by grandes dames in Genoa as sorties-de-bal capes to wear over out-sized crinoline skirts