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102 A Lucien Lelong couture chocolate brown velvet bias cut evening gown, late 1930s, woven brown on ivory narrow label, with wing shaped sleeves, diamanté studded clips to each shoulder and matching belt with diamanté inset metal band to the centre of the suede rosette, bust 81cm, 32in (2) £800 - 1200
105 A rare Robert Piguet black wool cape, late 1930s or 1940s, white on black woven satin label, numbered 50858, bias cut with sunray pleats falling just below the shoulder line £500 - 700 106 A Philippe & Gaston couture deep coral silk velvet evening coat, circa 1930, large woven label numbered 27997, with full, gathered upper sleeves that give the impression of a capelet, stiffened rear collar so it can be worn high or low, gathered shawl collar, edged in smocked velvet bands, bust 86cm, 34in £500 - 700
103 A bias-cut beaded sea-foam green chiffon evening dress, circa 1929-30, with zig-zag seams to waist, adorned with silver bugle beads forming graduated roundels, bust 86cm, 34in £700 - 1000
107 An early Chanel beaded gold lamé evening purse, 1930s, the chamois interior with maker’s stamp, with remains of garnet and gold facetted beads, 20cm, 8in long £300 - 400
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108 A Callot Soeurs couture blonde and black lace evening gown, early 1930s, with ivory ribbon ‘Nouvelle Marque, Paris’ label, the integral black satin bias cut underslip overlaid with spiralling tiers of black tulle inset with blonde bobbin lace, large velvet corsage to waist, bust 81cm, 32in £600 - 1000
104 A fine couture bridal gown and train, probably Madame Handley-Seymour (court dressmaker), 1937, un-labelled, of bias cut oyster slipper-satin, with overdress of embroidered ivory lace further adorned with silver bugle beads and ‘seed pearls’, the draped sleeves open at the shoulders, with matching belt and similarly adorned 308cm, 10ft 3in train, bust approx 86cm, 34in; together with copies of newspaper clippings recording the event (qty)
Provenance: worn by Miss Gundred Cunliffe (niece of Sir John Aird, equerry to the Duke of Windsor, who walker her down the aisle), 24th July 1937 upon her marriage to Mr Mervyn Charles Fraser. They spent their honeymoon motoring on the Continent. £1000 - 2000
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