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REDFERN Afternoon Dress, ca. 1901

Beautiful two piece antique dress, ca. 1901. Woven label on the petersham: Redfern * New York, London, Paris. Taupe wool with allover embroidered French knots, boned high-neck bodice with self tucks and inserts of pleated cream silk, tape lace collar and yoke, self belt. trained skirt having hem band of pleated silk and lace. Very good condition with a few flaws: Bodice lining shattering, some browning to lace, minor spots, hemline soiled. The decoration is not included.
Redfern & Sons (later Redfern Ltd), was a British tailoring firm founded by John Redfern (1820-1895) in Cowes on the Isle of Wight that developed into a leading European couture house (active: 1855–1932; 1936–1940). By the early 1890s the business had branches in London, Edinburgh, Paris and New York. The Paris extension was operated as a couture establishment while its other branches functioned primarily as tailors and importers. In the early 1910s, the house's designs were often illustrated in Gazette du Bon Ton along with six other leading Paris couturiers – Cheruit, Doeuillet, Doucet, Paquin, Poiret, and Worth (Wikipedia.com).

Bust: ~ 90 cm
Waist: ~ 66 cm
Front Length: ~ 142 cm
Back Length: ~ 160 cm