1930s Silk Velvet & Lace Morning Robe designer-helena-barbieri I know its tough to

I know its tough to see the white on white so click to super size the pictures so you really get an idea of how fabulous this little dress is

heavy weight silk through the skirt and silk net & silk through the bodice

museum quality condition

Bombshell alert on this one

1930s Silk Velvet & Lace Morning Robe designer-helena-barbieri I know its tough toThis is a very interesting textile. I had it looked at by someone well versed in early textile and they told me that they would guess that the color was achieved by an organic dye it has a very unusual one to it in certain lights it has an almost taupe brown cast to it where the light catches it if you know how black silk velvet can have a silverish grey sheen to it when it moves this is similar but in green and taupe! The lace work is just lovely