Live Auction 7859Vintage Couture
LE DIAMANT NOIR, A JEANNE LANVIN COCKTAIL GOWN
Lot 72

LE DIAMANT NOIR, A JEANNE LANVIN COCKTAIL GOWN

UNLABELLED, 1923

Closed29 November 2012

Price Realised

GBP 1,875

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LE DIAMANT NOIR, A JEANNE LANVIN COCKTAIL GOWN
UNLABELLED, 1923
The sheer black chiffon ground is embroidered with a myriad of silver paste ribbons, all gradually decreasing into a trompe l'oeil vortex at the solar plexus

Specialist note

A sketch of Le Diamant Noir is reproduced here by kind permission of Archives Lanvin, dated 1923-1924.