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A BLACK SILK TWO-PIECE COCKTAIL ENSEMBLE
Lot 81

A BLACK SILK TWO-PIECE COCKTAIL ENSEMBLE

CHRISTIAN DIOR, 1952, TULIP LINE

Closed1 December 2011

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GBP 1,375

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A BLACK SILK TWO-PIECE COCKTAIL ENSEMBLE
CHRISTIAN DIOR, 1952, TULIP LINE
the bodice of black cloqué silk, the skirts of black satin
unlabelled (2)

Specialist note

Compare the bodice here with the illustration in Dior in Vogue, B Keenan, 1981, Condé Nast and Octopus Books, page 105, which shows the same 'off-the-shoulder' treatment that is characteristic of the wide shoulders of the Ligne Tulipe.

This dress is illustrated with the pink dandelion brooch that is part of lot 132.