Antique Victorian black glass beaded net shoulder capelet with high necked lace collar - mourning or gothic fashion movie star dress Lovely burgundy floral block type

Lovely burgundy floral block type print

The bag is shaped akin to the gondola baskets

I’d have priced this a good but higher if in better shape

Selling A/F

Gathered details to side of waist for true 1950s shape

Antique Victorian black glass beaded net shoulder capelet with high necked lace collar - mourning or gothic fashion movie star dress Lovely burgundy floral block typeA very tactile thing, a heavily jet beaded Victorian netted shoulder capelet set on cotton lace beaded collar. Fastens with a concealed hook and eye to centre front. The collar is a cotton lace, which is also beaded to the centre has aged to a very dark brown. Overall it is intact and beads appear secure (Ive carefully moved it around, on and off mannequin etc. without any bead loss or break wage) but as with any century and a half old thread I