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An Elsa Schiaparelli couture embroidered midnight-blue velvet evening jacket, Autumn-Winter, 1937-38, Paris label with date, richly embroidered by Lesage with gilt strip, gilt cord and sequins, blue and pink rhinestones, with three turquoise tinted metal star-burst 'buttons' with brass closure hooks, discreet pocket vents inserted at the hips, small shoulder pads, lined in blue silk, bust 86cm, 34inProvenance: Stella, Lady EatonSee 'Shocking' Schiaparelli by Dilys Blum pp166-7 for a full-page photograph of Lady Clark of Saltwood wearing a similar jacket in burgundy velvet in 1939 at the opening of the Modern Art Museum in New York. CONDITION REPORT: Rear left armhole seam has been crudely re-sewn. Velvet is rubbed at the elbows. Faint soil spots in the velvet down the centre back when held up against the light. Velvet is slightly crushed at the underarms. Overall the appearance is good. Embroidery and beading is generally intact and good. Lining needs re-stitching at left and right underarms. Front right panel: pink rhinestone missing where embroidery band meets the hem. Two more at neck edge above starburst button, another from 'grass' front on shoulder area. One missing from top of left neck edge and three from rear neck edge. A blue stone missing from floret to left of bottom button. Eight further blue stones missing from flowerheads scattered across the panel - not immediately noticeable. Blue stain is slightly rubbed on lower button. Front left panel: missing 13 pink stones and 10 blue scattered across the jacket. Label has splits. Soiling to lining to neck edge and slightly at underarms.
A sapphire and diamond twin flowerhead crossover ring, in the form of two cinquefoil flowerheads set with five pear shaped sapphires and five marquise diamonds, each around a small round brilliant diamond, and with graduated baguette diamond five stone channel set shoulders, set throughout in white metal, unmarked, ring size K and a half, 7.7gms gross.
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