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

Bust: stretches 14-17" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

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

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

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

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