Extraordinary 1920s Embroidered Silk Fringe Piano Shawl designer-frank-usher mixed with cream and pastels

mixed with cream and pastels

Each sleeve has a heavy zipper

and this is quite possibly the only version of this dress that exists as a result making it that much more covetable

but which still manages not to look schlumpy

The other side has a simple scooped bodice and the skirt has a cut away - this would have been worn over a semi sheer or sheer colored under dress - you can let you imagination run wild in matching yours to the colors in the bead work

Extraordinary 1920s Embroidered Silk Fringe Piano Shawl designer-frank-usher mixed with cream and pastelsThis is a spectacular and huge embroidered silk Chinese export shawl from the twenties. The floral design is particularly bright and vivid on this one and those brilliant pops of color are perfectly offset by the black silk backdrop. It is a spectacular explosion of flowers, birds and butterflies done in a satin stitch. The colors are as vibrant as the day it was done. Very dramatic and so wearable you can use it as an evening cape or coat by adding a