Live Auction 5945Fashion Through the Ages
Christie’s roundel
Lot 112

A BLACK RIBBON-AND-CROCHET COCKTAIL DRESS

SYBIL CONNOLLY, LATE 1950S

Closed3 December 2009

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GBP 1,750

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A BLACK RIBBON-AND-CROCHET COCKTAIL DRESS
SYBIL CONNOLLY, LATE 1950S
sleeveless black silk satin overlaid with an elaborate lattice of silk ribbon interspersed with hand-crocheted rosettes
Labelled: Sybil Connolly, Dublin

Specialist note

Typical of Sybil Connolly's innovative use of Irish traditional handcrafts in her couture, the hand-crocheted rosettes are both charmingly old fashioned and very elegant.