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Liberty Medieval
c 1910


A very beautiful dress.


Cataloguing


style shell pink silk satin evening dress, the highwaisted bodice with cross over panels encrusted with small pearls in a flower meander to frame the bust, pleated gathered satin to accentuate the bust, a chiffon pleated infill at centre, two pearl sewn cords hanging to the front, with tassles and hanging pearls, the short sleeves with two ovals cut out and caught with satin covered buttons, all encrusted with pearls edged with chiffon and lined with softest shell pink silk, the back similar but with three satin covered buttons attached with pearls and with silk loops, hook and eye closure beneath and poppers to half way down the dress back, deep hem,the bodice lined in a very fine grosgrain silk mix,three bones to the front and four to sides and back, the label LIBERTY & CO LTD with two coats of arms To The King by appointment and To The Queen by appointment shoulder to hem 55 in.


Condition


One of the hanging tassels has 6 drops of pearls and the other only 3. There are a few stains to the skirt front, one 1 1/4 in. circle and another 1 1/2 in circle, also a few other markings. These are fairly feint and I have to say I did not notice them all when I bought the dress, because the room was not very light. There are a couple of very small dark inky looking markings to the back of the dress and the hem is quite grubby. The inside of the bodice has underarm stains but luckily these do not show through to the outside.