GABRIELLE CHANEL, A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, CIRCA 1926
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GABRIELLE CHANEL, A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, CIRCA 1926

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GABRIELLE CHANEL, A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, CIRCA 1926
classic silk dress in tunic form, with integral overblouse which ties at back waist, short sleeves and square neck, finely pleated apron panel, labelled Gabrielle Chanel Paris, numbered '2924'
Literature
See 'Chanel,' The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005, pps.66-67 for a similar example.
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Lot Essay

The black label with gold name is indicitive of a date in the mid 1920s. Her early adoption of black has resulted in Chanel sometimes being known as the creator of the iconic 'Little Black Dress'; the example presented here is a perfect example of her signature simplicity of design, elegance, and innate wearability.

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