A Maison Worth cut velvet evening coat, 1901 and altered in the 1920s. Photo Kerry Taylor Auctions.

A Maison Worth cut velvet evening coat, 1901 and altered in the 1920s. un-labelled, of deep crimson velvet woven with ribbon scrolls and blooms, edged in white fox and lined in ivory silk, chest 92cm, 36in

For a similar Worth mantle in green see 'The Opulent Era' by Elizabeth Ann Coleman colour plate 23, published by Thames & Hudson and the Brooklyn Museum.

Jean Philippe Worth was the chief designer at this period.

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