A collection of Barbara Baum film costumes for The House of the Spirits (Miramax, 1993), one worn by Meryl Streep, Ca. 1992, London and Berlin, The light-pink dress worn by Meryl Streep, the collar trimmed with lace, a long pelerine falling over the shoulders, above a waistband with buttons, above a relatively short skirt. Together with three other historical costumes used in the film, presumably worn by extras in scenes taking place in Chili in the 1920s. The pink dress was worn by Meryl Streep in a scene where her character, Clara del Valle, meets Férula Trueba (played by Glenn Close) in a restaurant in 1946. The costume designer of these pieces, Barbara Baum, won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Costume Design for this film in 1994. The House of the Spirits stars Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder and Antonio Banderas. The film is based on the book of the same name written by Isabel Allende, and tells the story of three generations of a Chilean family during the country s military dictatorship. H 120 cm (other costumes: H 140 cm and smaller), Provenance: This collection auctioned on 21 March 1995, under lot 227, at an unknown British auction house (see label attached to one of the dresses).