Extraordinary 1920s Embroidered Silk Fringe Piano Shawl designer-frank-usher Reference Photo: 1997 Yves Saint

Reference Photo: 1997 Yves Saint Laurent Runway

The skirt falls to the floor and is cut so that it drapes from just under the bust-line of the dress

The cut is spectacular - the fabric means it forms to the body but then the sleeves and pant legs are flared out and wide

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

It skims the body and flatters

Extraordinary 1920s Embroidered Silk Fringe Piano Shawl designer-frank-usher Reference Photo: 1997 Yves SaintThis 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