1920s Paisley Shawl Flapper Coat w Blue & Pink Printed Silk Lining designer-hardy-amies neck and hem are also

neck and hem are also finished with a feminine black lace - and on the hem the bottom panel of lace also is the cord detail applied

This looks like it should be very heavy but it is surprisingly light

Model: Clotilde

but as you get closer you see they are all individual blossoms

its buttonholes edged in satin

1920s Paisley Shawl Flapper Coat w Blue & Pink Printed Silk Lining designer-hardy-amies neck and hem are alsoThis coat is quite wonderful and it does have its original department store label which gives us some clue to its origins. Its inner label tells us that it was sold by McCreery & Company out of Pittsburgh. That department store opened its door around 1904 and I found a reference to it as being "described as a place where sumptuous richness is the keynote". They provided high end goods to up until they went out of business in 1938. This gives us a