Sumptuous cape or train for cross-dressing ball, early twentieth century. Gourgouran silk striped satin and Gros de Tours blue duck set with gold braid, cut in long scales of gold cloth in the border, enhanced with crosses of gold blade and sequins (superb condition, lining tarlatan and golden yellow satin, bears a number No. 49, possible attribution to the designer P. Poiret

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