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116 A striped and floral brocaded pink silk robe à la Française, 1770s, with trained sackback, wide pannier skirt shapings, graduated front robings with ruched zig-zag patterns which widen towards the hem edged in silk fly braid, double engageants; with a quilted pink silk petticoat (2) £3000 - 5000 117 A pale primrose damask satin robe à la Française, French, circa 1770, the closedfront bodice with hooks and eyes, sack-back, double engageants, the ruched robings gradually increase in width towards the hem, the fabric woven with berries, carnations and leaves; the skirt edges lined in pink silk; together with a British quilted ivory satin petticoat worked with thistles and roses (2) £2500 - 3500
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