A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF FINE 1800s WORKMANSHIP. LOVELY UNIQUE COLORING ON THIS VICTORIAN SILK PIANO SHAWL. THE COLOR IS LIKE A VIOLET FLOWER HELD TO LIGHT WITH GRADATIONS OF PURPLE HUES ON MEDIUM WEIGHT SLUB SILK. HAND EMBROIDERED ON BOTH SIDES WITH STUNNING FLORALS. MOST LIKELY USED AS A PIANO SHAWL AS ONE SIDE IS
BEAUTIFUL FINELY WORKED DOUBLE SIDED SILK PIANO SHAWL. A FIELD OF CREAM SUN SILK WITH HUMMINGBIRDS, NIGHTINGALES, SWALLOWS, PHOENIXES AND OTHER BIRDS EXECUTED IN SHADES OF BLUES, PURPLES, PINKS AND PEACHES NESTLED AMIDST A RIOT OF FLOWERS, VINES AND BERRIES. APPROXIMATELY 62 x 58 EMBROIDERED FIELD. DOUBLE BORDER-THE OUTSIDE BORDER A ROW OF INTERTWINED FLORALS
Heavily Embroidered Piano Shawl that is exquisite! Can use as a shawl or a throw. One stain near one corner, not too noticeable; only on one side! 72″ by 75″ including the fringe. About 100 years old perhaps. Owned by Martha Johnson Huylar, sister of my great grandmother, Mary Jeannette Johnson Smith who lived in
I bought this lovely old piano shawl last weekend (Eastern) on a brocante in Montpellier – France. This exquisit old Piano Shawl made of heavy chinese silk with gorgeous colourful embroidered flowers – roses – is a real stunning piece and can be used as well to decorate on a piano or wear with an