17. Anonymous, circa 1920/1930. Exceptional clown costume or sack in blue satin entirely embroidered. Decorated with multicoloured sequins depicting butterflies and stars, crew neck, long sleeves padded at the shoulders; conical white felt hat (small missing pieces). This bag should be compared with one kept at the BNF, COS2017/0001/01, which has the same embroidery decoration and would have belonged to François Fratellini. "His bag, increasingly fitted, was enriched and weighed down with stones and sequins. Costume designers, including the specialist Vicaire, and great couturiers such as Poiret and Schiaparelli, created models of unprecedented inventiveness and research. Extract from a publication by the BNF, Department of Performing Arts Anonymous, circa 1920/1930. Exceptional costume or clown bag in blue satin, fully embroidered. Decorated with multicolored sequins depicting butterflies and stars, crew neck, long sleeves padded at the shoulders; conical white felt hat. (small gaps)