An extraordinary example of British avant-garde clothing made on the eve of the First World War will be offered at auction in Oxford next month.
This embroidered and block-printed silk robe is among the small group of daring textiles designed c.1912-14 by Percy Wyndham Lewis.
Mallams’ specialist Philip Smith describes it as “a museum piece” and he expects it to bring over £2500 at the December 7-8 auction.