Extraordinary 1920s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl designer-rudi-gernreich Made of a pink floral

Made of a pink floral print chiffon over a inner sheath dress in black

This deep deep navy blue frock is just a knock out

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

never mind piecing it together into the fabulous gown and coat that you see here - it is mind boggling

5" from shoulder seam to bottom waist seam including the 4" band

Extraordinary 1920s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl designer-rudi-gernreich Made of a pink floralA 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