Lot n° 4
Estimation :
80 - 100
EUR
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Result
: 30EUR
Set of opera costumes from a Neapolitan or Madeira painting. - Lot 4
Set of opera costumes from a Neapolitan or Madeira painting. Circa 1950. The set is made by ROYALTA Costumiers - 4 to 10 rue Ternaux Paris XI.
1- Strapless bustier. It is made in a saffron colored cotton. The shape is entirely pinched but without whalebone system. It closes with a lacing on the front and has a marked waist with a return basque that is split between each yoke. The model is decorated with gold metal braids and red and white croquet braids. We also find two fuchsia ribbons shaped into bows on the shoulders. The interior is lined with cotton with a stamp of "Chatelet". We find various handwritten names testifying to a long passage on the boards.
2- Mid-length skirt made in horizontal patchwork bands. The waist is marked with white grosgrain crochet belt. The form leaves in strong pleated and passes from cotton to velvet band, satin and reps enhanced with braids croquet and embroidery cornely.2 sizes of tightening and several names handwritten on the inside.
3- . Corolla skirt made in green reps with a flared shape with hollow pleats whose bottom is in dark brick reps. The waist is marked with a grosgrain belt and large hook closure. Each pleat is embellished with a white braid and the bottom ends with a double band of embroidered braid. Several names are inscribed on the inside.
1-Bustier: size flat (lacing edge to edge): about 31 cm.
Condition of use. The gold braid is damaged in places (missing under an armpit). Slight marks on the cotton including a small hole in the front bottom. Some stitches to be redone on a clip. The straps seem to have been lengthened with an old cooked elastic instead of a nice ribbon (presence of two eyelets on each leg)
2- Mid-length skirt: Waist flat at the largest: 38 cm (at the smallest: 32 cm)
Several jumps in the seam between the bands. Some jumps in the embroidery. A white spot in the bottom and soiling of fabrics.
A rough darning and two small holes near the opening.
3- Corolla skirt: size flat: 33 cm
(Two additional ties were placed to wear the skirt to a child: 27 cm. Good general condition. Few small stains and halos very little marked. Soiling of the fabric.
Odor of dust for the whole.
Provenance: Trunks and attics of the Chateau de la Maroutière
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