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Lot 332 The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor
AN OTTOMAN WEDDING GOWN OF PURPLE VELVET AND A CLUTCH BAG
THE GOWN, TURKEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Closed14 December 2011
Price Realised
USD 10,000
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Specialist note
These gowns became popular in Turkey in the 1870s when European fashions were adopted by the Turkish court of Ataturk, with a view to modernising the Ottoman Empire.