1930s Silk Velvet & Lace Morning Robe designer-helena-barbieri heavy weight silk through the

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

Length: 35" from mid-neck at the back to bottom hem

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

The original retail on this dress was well over $5000

1930s Silk Velvet & Lace Morning Robe designer-helena-barbieri heavy weight silk through theThis 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