Extraordinary 1920s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl designer-rudi-gernreich The colors in this gown

The colors in this gown are amazing - they absolutely pop against the black background and are vivid and true

Hips: 20" flat across the back from seam to seam

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The closer you get the more you realize how brilliant the print really is and how fine the challis fabric is

Extraordinary 1920s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl designer-rudi-gernreich The colors in this gownA spectacular and huge embroidered silk Chinese export shawl from the twenties. It is a spectacular explosion of vibrant color on an off white silk backdrop. The embroidered design of flowers is very beautiful and still very vivid. It is also very heavy the fringe and knot work on this one is particularly dense and well done so it makes for a very heavy pieces. It is dramatic and so wearable you can use it as an evening cape or coat by adding a well