Outstanding 1920s Brilliant Floral Embroidered Rich Purple Silk Cape Cut Flapper Coat designer-altuzarra A braided tie belt is

A braided tie belt is attached at the back

Fully lined with a black chiffon

The exterior fabric is strong and sound with only a tiny flat area on the velvet on the collar shown on the final photo here

Bodice: 13" from shoulder to top of waist with a band of 1

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Outstanding 1920s Brilliant Floral Embroidered Rich Purple Silk Cape Cut Flapper Coat designer-altuzarra A braided tie belt isWhen my client sent me this I literally gasped out loud when I pulled it out of the box. This is an absolutely spectacular embroidered silk Chinese cape coat from the twenties or even a little earlier. It has a label identifying it as being from a costume company so it may be a piece that was made by them from embroidered silk fabric imported into the west. The label that is in it is also extremely old so I have no doubts that all of the materials