An exhibition about fashion in a Liverpool sugar merchant's family, held at Sudley House from 9 April 2009 to Spring 2010.

Evening dress, machine-made lace, silk chiffon and cotton sateen, about 1921-23

Accession number 1967.187.43

dress with long translucent sleeves and lace over a black fabric, displayed on a wooden mannequin

Evening dress of black silk machine-made lace lined with black cotton sateen. Yoke and sleeves of black silk chiffon. Silk satin sash at waistline.

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