REVILLE, APPOINTED COURT DRESSMAKERS TO QUEEN MARY: A FOLIO OF 1930'S COUTURE DESIGNS
including newspaper cuttings, one of Princess Chichibu of Japan, selecting her Coronation robes. The collection includes designs of a Royal robe. Two of the designs have "Reville copyright design Hanover Square, London" seals, all designs are by Bettie Richardson, in various sizes, (70)
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£200 - £400
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Hammer price:
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£550 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
BETTIE BENSON RICHARDSON 1914-1998
Bettie was a boarder at The Institute Notre-Dame de Boulogne-Sur-Mer on the edge of Paris.
She then studied at The House of Reville in London, producing many designs, including coronation robe designs for Princess Chichibu of Japan during her state visit to England.
Photographs of the Empress wearing some of Betties designs were shown in the national press during a Buckingham Palace Garden Party.
