1920s Silver Silk Lamé Shawl
This wrap of cornflower blue silk features large, stylized art deco flowers in silver and gold lamé. Accented with burnished gold lamé borders. The borders emphasize the unusual shape of the "T" shaped shawl.
Superb 1920s Art Deco Gold Lamé Shawl
An elegant art deco gold lamé shawl from the 1920s in an all over, stylized foliate pattern. Huge gold tassels are found at all four corners of the shawl with two that loop over gold buttons found at the sides to create pseudo arm holes to loop over the arms. The other two tassels weight the shawl at the sides for an elegant drape.
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Victorian Striped Norwich Paisley Shawl
A fine Victorian era woven antique shawl that probably originates from England (Norwich) or Scotland. Twill stripes are in bright primary colors of red, blue, yellow and green with the addition of black and white. The effect is dazzling!
Early Brocaded Plaid Silk Shawl
Plaid silk forms the background for colorful florals worked in colorful fine silk thread. The shawl is hand sewn with hand knotted silk fringe.
Block Printed Paisley Shawl Circa 1850s
As paisley shawls grew in popularity manufacturers continued to look for ways in which to cuts costs and sell their goods at lower prices. One solution was the printed paisley shawl which was originally manufactured and marketed as an alternative to the more expensive woven paisleys as well as the shawls imported at great cost from India.
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