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Piece of Italian Renaissance velvet

Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE Dress ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer) Evening jumpsuit HALSTON, New York (fashion house); HALSTON (designer) Throne Carlo BUGATTI Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna Pregnancy ensemble (ENGLAND) Jacket ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina Thomas de KEYSER Shoe covers COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL Clouds John CONSTABLE Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law John Rogers HERBERT The Virgin and Child FLANDERS Glove purse MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) Dress MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) The thinker Auguste RODIN The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE Mary, Lady Vere William LARKIN Self-portrait Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Baronne Madeleine Deslandes Edward BURNE-JONES Winter, from The four seasons FULDA PORCELAIN FACTORY, Fulda (manufacturer) Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Beach dress FRANCE Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer)