Jean PATOU Haute couture Evening dress, circa 1940, black silk velvet embroidered with small black navette-shaped pastilles, smokes band applied to the bottom of the dress, gathers in the back, rear zipper and framed by a double row of rhinestones. Ivory and magenta signature ''Jean Patou / PARIS'', numbered bolduc on reverse, size approx. 36. (alterations, significant missing shuttles, a few small marks on the velvet, tear on the front approx. 6 cm)