Extraordinary 1920s Embroidered Silk Fringe Piano Shawl designer-frank-usher Maggy Reeves was a couture

Maggy Reeves was a couture designer in Canada and her pieces are as rare as rare can be

The other side has a simple scooped bodice and the skirt has a cut away - this would have been worn over a semi sheer or sheer colored under dress - you can let you imagination run wild in matching yours to the colors in the bead work

but which still manages not to look schlumpy

Reference Photo: 1997 Yves Saint Laurent Runway

Extraordinary 1920s Embroidered Silk Fringe Piano Shawl designer-frank-usher Maggy Reeves was a coutureThis is a spectacular and huge embroidered silk Chinese export shawl from the twenties. The floral design is particularly bright and vivid on this one and those brilliant pops of color are perfectly offset by the black silk backdrop. It is a spectacular explosion of flowers, birds and butterflies done in a satin stitch. The colors are as vibrant as the day it was done. Very dramatic and so wearable you can use it as an evening cape or coat by adding a