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Lot 47
1960s-1980s - Douglas Darnell |
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A twinkling stage gown by Douglas Darnell, the
white silk chiffon ground encrusted with white bugle beads and scattered with
Swarovski aurora borealis crystals, the thin shoulder straps crossed above a
low-cut back embellished with two long strands of imitation pearls and crystals
terminating in tassels of imitation seed pearls and crystal pendants, the bias
cut skirt with flowing train, lined in silver silk tissue
Weight: approx. 3kg.
According to Darnell, this was originally made in the 1960s to the cut-out
design [see Lots 10 and 49].
£4,500
Images displayed with kind permission of Christies Images Ltd. © 2002
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