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Art Deco Gauze Panel
Art Deco Gauze Panel

Art Deco Gauze Panel

Located in Sausalito, CA

c.1920's French "Art Deco" silver metallic gauze panel (shawl fabric) with a "Japonerie" floral design woven in navy blue, light blue, peach, green and yellow and made to look like e...

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Early 20th Century French Antique Shawls

Art Deco Gauze Panel
Art Deco Gauze Panel

Art Deco Gauze Panel

Located in Sausalito, CA

c.1920's French "Art Deco" silver metallic gauze panel (shawl fabric) with a "Japonerie" floral design woven in navy blue, light blue, peach, green and yellow and made to look like e...

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Early 20th Century French Antique Shawls

Jean-Antoine Houdon Cast Bronze "The Shivering Girl, " circa 1900
Jean-Antoine Houdon Cast Bronze "The Shivering Girl, " circa 1900

Jean-Antoine Houdon Cast Bronze "The Shivering Girl, " circa 1900

By Jean-Antoine Houdon

Located in New York, NY

A bare-bottomed girl, whose upper body is covered with a shawl is shivering against a broken urn by frozen water Signed Houdon.

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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Antique Shawls

Materials

Bronze

1920s Black and Cream Floral Embroidered Kimono Jacket
1920s Black and Cream Floral Embroidered Kimono Jacket

1920s Black and Cream Floral Embroidered Kimono Jacket

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A gorgeous 1920s full length coat, featuring cream floral embroidery on black silk, done in the style of iconic piano shawls. The silhouette is inspired by kimonos.

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Early 20th Century Antique Shawls

English Pottery Prattware Love Token
English Pottery Prattware Love Token

English Pottery Prattware Love Token

Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE

The love token would be sewn onto material possibly on a dress, shawl or handbag.

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19th Century English Antique Shawls

Master Desk Inkwell
Master Desk Inkwell

Master Desk Inkwell

Located in Bronx, NY

This oversize bronze & marble master inkwell features a demure costumed young woman holding her shawl as it blows in the wind. The figure is mounted on polished black veined marble ...

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Early 20th Century French Antique Shawls

Materials

Marble, Bronze

18th Century French Oil on Canvas of the Virgin
18th Century French Oil on Canvas of the Virgin

18th Century French Oil on Canvas of the Virgin

Located in Woodbury, CT

The virgin wearing a light blue shawl over her head and shoulders, wrapping in her arms.

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Early 18th Century French Antique Shawls

Silk & Metallic Thread Art Deco Pillows.
Silk & Metallic Thread Art Deco Pillows.

Silk & Metallic Thread Art Deco Pillows.

Located in Los Angeles, CA

French shawl fragments made into pillows. Woven with metallic gold thread and silk.

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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Shawls

Materials

Silk

1920’s Tropical Starburst Silk Lamé Opera Coat
1920’s Tropical Starburst Silk Lamé Opera Coat

1920’s Tropical Starburst Silk Lamé Opera Coat

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Coat is lined in a dark turquoise velvet which rolls out into a shawl collar.

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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Shawls

Phulkari
Phulkari

Phulkari

Sold|$1,750

Phulkari

Located in Sausalito, CA

Phulkari, translation "flower working", refers to traditional Punjabi headcovers or shawls carefully embroidered by women at home and shown off on special occasions.

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Early 20th Century Antique Shawls

1920s Cut Silk Velvet and Gold Lamé Floral Coat
1920s Cut Silk Velvet and Gold Lamé Floral Coat

1920s Cut Silk Velvet and Gold Lamé Floral Coat

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Amazing blue silk velvet and gold lamé floral coat with scalloped shawl detail and fur collar. Lined in silk satin.

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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Shawls

18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait Attributed to William Owen
18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait Attributed to William Owen

18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait Attributed to William Owen

By William Owen

Located in Woodbury, CT

Portrait o Miss Anne Towle (with identification plaque at bottom), wearing a green dress, blue shawl, and straw hat. Seated in an outdoor scene holding pears and apples next to a ha...

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18th Century and Earlier American Antique Shawls

Materials

Canvas

Fine antique Mapuche Tupu Latin American silver Chile
Fine antique Mapuche Tupu Latin American silver Chile

Fine antique Mapuche Tupu Latin American silver Chile

Located in London, GB

Fine antique Mapuche Tupu Latin American silver Chile A Tupu from the Mapuche indigenous people of Chile Southern South America, finely crafted globular top with linear decoratio...

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Early 19th Century Chilean Antique Shawls

Materials

Silver

Edwardian Tea Dress with Hand Embroidery
Edwardian Tea Dress with Hand Embroidery

Edwardian Tea Dress with Hand Embroidery

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Lovely Teens dress made out of lightweight cotton with floral hand-embroidery. Shawl collar. Blouson bodice. Faux button front conceals hook and eye closures.

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Early 20th Century Edwardian Antique Shawls

1920's Ivory and Silver Assuit Jacket
1920's Ivory and Silver Assuit Jacket

1920's Ivory and Silver Assuit Jacket

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gorgeous deco jacket made from an Egyptian ivory assuit shawl also known as tulle-bi-telli. Individual pieces of silver metal are woven and hammered flat into a geometric chevron pat...

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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Shawls

19th Century European Hand Painted Dowry Armoire
19th Century European Hand Painted Dowry Armoire

19th Century European Hand Painted Dowry Armoire

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Dowry furniture traditionally was used to hold the bride's handwoven textiles including their wedding gown and shawl in hopes if marriage. These pieces were also called "hope chests.".

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1850s European Antique Shawls

Materials

Wood

Original Jules Cheret Poster for Cacao Lhara by F. Mugnier

Original Jules Cheret Poster for Cacao Lhara by F. Mugnier

By Jules Chéret

Located in Los Gatos, CA

In this two-sheet design, the drink being advertised is a chocolate-flavored one in Mugnier's prize-winning line, and Cheret offers it to us from the hand of a dark-haired temptress ...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Shawls

Kashmiri Wall Hanging
Kashmiri Wall Hanging

Kashmiri Wall Hanging

Located in Portland, ME

Judging by the size this is a reduced shawl. By its shape and construction, it was adapted into a wall hanging.

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19th Century Antique Shawls

Original Vintage Irish Tourist Assn Travel Advertising Poster: See Ireland First

Original Vintage Irish Tourist Assn Travel Advertising Poster: See Ireland First

Located in London, GB

Theatrical style image of a lady wearing a white dress and red shawl standing by a green curtain opening the stage to the country scene behind featuring an old classic car driving up...

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1920s Antique Shawls

Materials

Paper

Pair of 19th Century Antique Woven Red Kashmir Paisley Square Decorative Pillows
Pair of 19th Century Antique Woven Red Kashmir Paisley Square Decorative Pillows

Pair of 19th Century Antique Woven Red Kashmir Paisley Square Decorative Pillows

Located in Oakland Park, FL

Handcrafted decorative pillow made with an antique textile fragment from a Kashmir shawl. These handmade throw pillow are ideal for the holidays on a sofa, chair or bed.

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19th Century Indian Moorish Antique Shawls

Materials

Silk, Wool

Impressive Large Portrait of a Lady, School of Goya
Impressive Large Portrait of a Lady, School of Goya

Impressive Large Portrait of a Lady, School of Goya

By Goya

Located in Quechee, VT

School-of-Goya oil painting on canvas three-quarter portrait of a young woman dressed in an off-the-shoulder black evening dress with a lacy neckline, and wearing a red shawl. Her li...

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19th Century French Antique Shawls

Green Tara, Tibet, China, 17th Century
Green Tara, Tibet, China, 17th Century

Green Tara, Tibet, China, 17th Century

Located in Paris, FR

The figure seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, her right foot resting on a lotus, the left hand in virtakamudra and the right in varadamudra, , supporting uptala lotuses ri...

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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Shawls

Materials

Turquoise, Ormolu

1910s Linen Duster
1910s Linen Duster

1910s Linen Duster

Located in Bozeman, MT

Early duster of two linens with huge mother of pearl buttons and deep shawl collar. It's rare to find an early piece in such wonderful condition.

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20th Century American Edwardian Antique Shawls

Antique Victorian Wedgwood Cameo Mourning Necklace
Antique Victorian Wedgwood Cameo Mourning Necklace

Antique Victorian Wedgwood Cameo Mourning Necklace

Located in Sale, Cheshire

The colour of the cameo is unusual, a slate grey background with the classic white subject, and it depicts two angels and an urn: one is dressing th urn with a mourning shawl, and th...

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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Shawls

Materials

9k Gold

Austrian painted life size terracotta bust of a Nubian man
Austrian painted life size terracotta bust of a Nubian man

Austrian painted life size terracotta bust of a Nubian man

Located in Suffolk, GB

This figure is finished in exotic traditional dress with a shawl and necklace and a fez hat. He sits on a decorated plinth inscribed 'MAROKKO' meaning Morocco which would refer to...

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19th Century Austrian Antique Shawls

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Scottish silver Clan Badge, Archer, Maker Peter G. Wilson
Antique Scottish silver Clan Badge, Archer, Maker Peter G. Wilson

Antique Scottish silver Clan Badge, Archer, Maker Peter G. Wilson

By Peter G. Wilson 1

Located in London, GB

This very fine example was probably used on a belt and not on a shawl. Size:- 2.3 inches (5.8 cm) long x 2 inches (5 cm) wide Weight:- 0.9 troy ounces 27.9 grams

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1890s Scottish Antique Shawls

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Silver

1920s Rare Assuit & Net Silver Flapper Coat
1920s Rare Assuit & Net Silver Flapper Coat

1920s Rare Assuit & Net Silver Flapper Coat

Located in Rockwood, ON

And it is not a coat assembled from a shawl - many of the "original" assuit garments you may see are actually later creations assembled from vintage shawls.

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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Shawls

Large Figure of Cow and Milk Maid with a Pink Luster Base
Large Figure of Cow and Milk Maid with a Pink Luster Base

Large Figure of Cow and Milk Maid with a Pink Luster Base

Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE

Attention is given to detail such as the frothing milk in the pail, the splayed legs of the milking stool, the flower design on the shawl etc. The cow is realistically modeled and ...

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19th Century English Antique Shawls

Materials

Enamel

1920's French Couture Ombre Beaded Sequin High-Low Flapper Capelet
1920's French Couture Ombre Beaded Sequin High-Low Flapper Capelet

1920's French Couture Ombre Beaded Sequin High-Low Flapper Capelet

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Measurements Bust:Free Size Front Length:15 inches Back Length:21 inches This 1920's French Couture antique shawl capelet is in excellent wearable condition with no visible rips, st...

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1920s French Antique Shawls

Brooche, Art Nouveau, Yellow Gold, Pearl, Sapphire, Red Coral, 1910
Brooche, Art Nouveau, Yellow Gold, Pearl, Sapphire, Red Coral, 1910

Brooche, Art Nouveau, Yellow Gold, Pearl, Sapphire, Red Coral, 1910

Located in EL Waalre, NL

It will look beautiful wearing on a collar or on a shawl. The brooch is 55 mm wide. How beautiful it is to wear jewelry from a bygone era, a jewel with a story ...

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Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Shawls

Materials

Coral, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

19th Century Canton Boxed Set of Silk Piano Cover or Drape with Watercolor
19th Century Canton Boxed Set of Silk Piano Cover or Drape with Watercolor

19th Century Canton Boxed Set of Silk Piano Cover or Drape with Watercolor

Located in Berwickshire, GB

The author states that large textile examples (such as this peice) were often draped over pianos, as they were too large and heavy to be used as items of clothing such as shawls.

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1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Shawls

Materials

Lacquer

1910's Ottoman Empire Metallic-Gold Beaded Embroidered Fringe Bolero Jacket
1910's Ottoman Empire Metallic-Gold Beaded Embroidered Fringe Bolero Jacket

1910's Ottoman Empire Metallic-Gold Beaded Embroidered Fringe Bolero Jacket

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

I adore the dramatic wide shawl-collar and cropped silhouette. The boarder is trimming with twisted fringe and the effect is truly astonishing.

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1910s Turkish Antique Shawls

Paul Poiret haute couture black beaded coat, circa 1924
Paul Poiret haute couture black beaded coat, circa 1924

Paul Poiret haute couture black beaded coat, circa 1924

By Paul Poiret

Located in London, GB

The coat is hand embroidered with thousands of bugle beads in silver, grey and black creating an ombre effect. Featuring a dramatic shawl collar in black silk velvet, batwing sleeves...

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Early 20th Century French Antique Shawls

Hiroshige I, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Tokaido, Landscape, Mount Fuji
Hiroshige I, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Tokaido, Landscape, Mount Fuji

Hiroshige I, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Tokaido, Landscape, Mount Fuji

By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)

Located in London, GB

In Hiroshige's distinctive style, the scene is framed top and bottom by a deep bokashi gradation of black ink and Prussian blue, along with the large margin. The shawl of suyarigasum...

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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Shawls

Materials

Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Antique Pink Tourmaline Seed Pearl Lace Pin Gold Brooch
Antique Pink Tourmaline Seed Pearl Lace Pin Gold Brooch

Antique Pink Tourmaline Seed Pearl Lace Pin Gold Brooch

Located in Versailles, FR

They are called lace pins, since women used these little brooches to fasten a shawl on their dresses. The brooch can also be worn as a pendant on a ribbon.

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Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Shawls

Materials

Pearl, Tourmaline, Gold

Sparrow Hawk by Maynard Dixon
Sparrow Hawk by Maynard Dixon

Sparrow Hawk by Maynard Dixon

By Maynard Dixon

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

Captured in mid-stride with her dark shawl blowing behind her, a seemingly distressed woman runs toward the foreground of the composition, away from an exasperated man in the backgro...

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1910s American Antique Shawls

Materials

Gouache

Antique French Opaline 6.5 Inch Tall Cologne Perfume Bottle Ormolu
Antique French Opaline 6.5 Inch Tall Cologne Perfume Bottle Ormolu

Antique French Opaline 6.5 Inch Tall Cologne Perfume Bottle Ormolu

Located in San Marcos, CA

The elaborate collar and shawl or shroud of latticed brass ormolu, elevates it to fine art, as does the raised figural base.

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Early 19th Century French Georgian Antique Shawls

Joseph Highmore Portrait of a Lady

Joseph Highmore Portrait of a Lady

Located in London, GB

The shimmering satin dress is further enhanced by a gold ribbon, an embroidered shawl across her shoulders and a delicate lace decoupage.  

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Mid-18th Century English Antique Shawls

Antique French Empire Portrait Miniature, a Lady of Napoleon Era
Antique French Empire Portrait Miniature, a Lady of Napoleon Era

Antique French Empire Portrait Miniature, a Lady of Napoleon Era

Located in South Coast, CA

She wears an elaborately flounced and laced Empire gown in white, a colored shawl evident over one arm, both in the fashionable manner of Josephine Bonaparte.

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18th Century and Earlier Antique Shawls

Thai Ayutthaya Bronze Seated Buddha Figure, 14th-15th Century
Thai Ayutthaya Bronze Seated Buddha Figure, 14th-15th Century

Thai Ayutthaya Bronze Seated Buddha Figure, 14th-15th Century

Located in New York, NY

He wears a diaphanous layered sanghati outlined with ridges at the wrist, waist, knees ankles and across his torso leaving his right arm uncovered revealing his pronounced nipple, th...

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15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Shawls

Materials

Bronze

18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT LADY IN A WHITE DRESS WITH A BLUE SASH AND FEATHERED HAT
18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT LADY IN A WHITE DRESS WITH A BLUE SASH AND FEATHERED HAT

18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT LADY IN A WHITE DRESS WITH A BLUE SASH AND FEATHERED HAT

By Nathaniel Dance-Holland

Located in London/Yorkshire, GB

She wears an elegant white draped dress with blue silk sash, a fine feathered hat, and her right arm rests upon an elaborately embroidered shawl. (The sitter was possibly one of the...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Shawls

Materials

Oil

Niagara, New York Schoolgirl Sampler, circa 1840
Niagara, New York Schoolgirl Sampler, circa 1840

Niagara, New York Schoolgirl Sampler, circa 1840

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A young lady wearing an empire gown and a lustrous blue silk shawl over one shoulder stands on the large grassy hill and seems to gesture in greeting.

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19th Century American Antique Shawls

Materials

Silk, Pen

My Luv’s Like a Red, Red Rose
My Luv’s Like a Red, Red Rose

My Luv’s Like a Red, Red Rose

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This original pastel on canvas illustration dates to 1914 and features a brunette beauty with milky-white skin draped in a pellucid gossamer shawl as she clutches a bouquet of blosso...

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1910s Art Nouveau Antique Shawls

Materials

Canvas, Pastel

17th century portrait of Lady Anne Berney of Park Hall, Norfolk
17th century portrait of Lady Anne Berney of Park Hall, Norfolk

17th century portrait of Lady Anne Berney of Park Hall, Norfolk

By Anthony van Dyck

Located in Bath, Somerset

Portrait of a Lady, by tradition Anne Berney (d.1762), by Circle of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), wearing a sumptuous blue silk gown with scalloped edged neckline and sleeves, a ...

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Shawls

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1920s Plunge Back Silk Velvet Bead Gown
1920s Plunge Back Silk Velvet Bead Gown

1920s Plunge Back Silk Velvet Bead Gown

Located in Rockwood, ON

It came with a black silk chiffon shawl that is not pictured but will be included - this piece is sound and wearable as well.

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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Shawls

Late 17th Century English Portrait of a Lady in a Red and Gold Silk Dress
Late 17th Century English Portrait of a Lady in a Red and Gold Silk Dress

Late 17th Century English Portrait of a Lady in a Red and Gold Silk Dress

By Sir Peter Lely

Located in London/Yorkshire, GB

Over a frilled white chemise she wears a shimmering russet silk dress, with gild fringing, and around that is draped a green silk shawl. This painting is in an excellent state of con...

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Late 17th Century Old Masters Antique Shawls

Materials

Oil

Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures of Winter and Spring, Rococo Period 1756-1759
Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures of Winter and Spring, Rococo Period 1756-1759

Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures of Winter and Spring, Rococo Period 1756-1759

By Derby

Located in London, GB

Flora is wearing a colourful dress and a teal green shawl. These figures are made most probably after the Meissen Season figures made by Eberlein.

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1750s English Rococo Antique Shawls

Materials

Porcelain

1920's Black Piano Shawl
1920's Black Piano Shawl

1920's Black Piano Shawl

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gorgeous piano shawl dates to the 1920's. It is made out of black silk with cream-colored hand-embroidery throughout.

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Early 20th Century Antique Shawls

1920s Vivid Embroidered Silk Piano Shawl
1920s Vivid Embroidered Silk Piano Shawl

1920s Vivid Embroidered Silk Piano Shawl

Located in Rockwood, ON

A spectacular and huge embroidered silk Chinese export shawl from the twenties.The floral design is particularly bright and vivid and offset by that black silk backdrop.

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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Shawls

Extraordinary 1920s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl
Extraordinary 1920s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl

Extraordinary 1920s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl

Located in Rockwood, ON

A spectacular and huge embroidered silk Chinese export shawl from the twenties. It is a spectacular explosion of vibrant color on an off-white silk backdrop.

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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Shawls

1920's Cantonese Hand-Embroidered Piano Shawl
1920's Cantonese Hand-Embroidered Piano Shawl

1920's Cantonese Hand-Embroidered Piano Shawl

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gorgeous piano shawl dates to the 1920's. It is made out of black silk with brightly-colored hand-embroidery throughout.

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1920s Art Nouveau Antique Shawls

1920's Black Piano Shawl with Multicolored Embroidery
1920's Black Piano Shawl with Multicolored Embroidery

1920's Black Piano Shawl with Multicolored Embroidery

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vintage oversized piano shawl dates to the 1920's during the Art Deco era.

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Early 20th Century Antique Shawls

1920s Black on Black Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl
1920s Black on Black Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl

1920s Black on Black Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl

Located in Rockwood, ON

Gorgeous embroidered silk Chinese export shawl that is from the twenties. It is a spectacular black on black embroidered design of flowers and birds done in a satin stitch.

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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Shawls

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Antique Shawls For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique shawls for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique shawls was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, wool and silk. There are all kinds of antique shawls available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau antique shawls are consistently popular styles. Many antique shawls are appealing in their simplicity, but Atelier Lam, Andrianna Shamaris and Josef Lorenzl produced popular antique shawls that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Shawls?

Antique shawls can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,682, while the lowest priced sells for $108 and the highest can go for as much as $885,000.