AN OTTOMAN WEDDING GOWN OF PURPLE VELVET AND A CLUTCH BAG
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

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USD 10,000

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AN OTTOMAN WEDDING GOWN OF PURPLE VELVET AND A CLUTCH BAG
THE GOWN, TURKEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
heavily embroidered in gilt thread with swags and flowers; the black velvet embroidered clutch bag, 1960s (2)

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.