Sold Price: A fine and rare Jeanne Lanvin couture taffeta cocktail dress, Autumn-Winter - December 1, 0119 2:00 PM GMT

A fine and rare Jeanne Lanvin couture taffeta cocktail dress, Autumn-Winter 1928-29, labelled and pencil numbered 52,729, with simple scooped neckline, hem with elongated, graduated sides, the waist emblazoned with a sunburst of radiating mirror discs, outlined in pearl beads and brilliants, bust 86cm, 34in A similar dress was photographed in 'La Revue de la Femme', 1928, the caption reading: 'And here we have from Madame Lanvin this evening gown, which is long and supple and shows off the femin