Early 20th Century Clothing

Undiminished by time, this 1920's fuchsia-pink flapper dance dress still casts its magical spell. This exceptional French beauty is fashioned in silk chiffon with lavish metallic sil...

Pink Rose Print Kimono With Tassles

France-Paris Circa 1915 A sleeveless and straight Sac day dress designed by Raoul Dufy for the Atelier Martine. Cream pongee silk printed with stylize...

Circa 1900/1920 for cutting 19th century for cotton and silver brocade Uzbekistan Rich coat in silk jacquard and brocaded cotton with silver threads from Uzbekistan - Bukhara around 1900. Loose fit and pyramidal long sleeve. Large woven decor...

A dress from the 1920s in a stunning pink colour. The dress has a drop waist ,two pockets on the front, and ladder work on the front and back. The cuffs have 6 decorative buttons.

Circa 1925 France Ball gown or flapper dress in coral silk crepe embroidered with pearls and mirrors dating from the Roaring Twenties. Two long sleeveless panels with matching undergarment visible on the sides of the dress which is very scooped out. Indian-inspired decor with geometric frieze around the edges. Large mound of concentric circles in staggered rows at the base of the two panels, topped with large medallions, also present in the peaks of the large cleavage. Work of appliqué with white and bronze glass beads and small circular mirrors, referring to the Indian arts and crafts of the community of the Sindh or Kutch provinces. No label on it. Good condition of color and conservation. Dimensions: Equivalent French Size 36 Front height 109 cm Back height 105 cm Shoulders 35 cm Collar 16 cm Chest 82 cm Waist 77 cm Hips 86 cm The Roaring Twenties develop an unbridled party sense with the success of the first post-war Music-Hall and jazz magazines. The liberation of the female body materializes definitively in these loose, short and dangling dresses of a successful wriggling and hopping dance, Charleston or Foxtrot. Orientalist, Indian and "Chinese" inspirations are fashionable and influenced directly by the great balls initiated by Paul Poiret and the artistic elite led by Serge de Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This dress was presented at the exhibition "Falabalas, Portraits and Fashion for...

A wonderful t shirt shape top , made of vintage fabric. The top is in a pretty raspberry colour with gold lame detail, and gold trim at the neckline.

A pretty pink silk vintage kimono. This kimono is hand sewn with wonderful embroidery on the front and back. Measurements : bust up to 42'' ,length 51''

Very rare, red cochineal dyed, silk gauze printed jacket with ancient middle eastern "Tree of Life" motif including meandering vines borders designed by Mariano Fortuny dating to the...

Antique Handwoven Silk IKat Coat

1920s Hand Embroidered Chinese Silk Cocoon Kimono With Vintage Ribbon made from Piano shawl

These beautiful pink satin shoes are from the late teens and we acquired them from an estate we purchased that included many high end articles of clothing and shoes from the 1910's through the 1960's. This woman was a socialite who wore incredible clothes She purchased these shoes at Marshall Field in Chicago and she might have worn them with the pink and blue Harry Collins...