1920s Assuit Scarf with Figures & Trees designer-suzy-perette It closes at the back

It closes at the back with a metal zipper

Each massive button is set n a cut loop of fabric behind it

this early sixties silk organza dress is a "wow" piece

There is the occasional sequin missing but nothing so bare as to detract

Fine black silk net has been completely edged with a real metallic thread and a fine metal cording

1920s Assuit Scarf with Figures & Trees designer-suzy-perette It closes at the backAssuit scarves were wildly popular in the 1920s as the craze for all things with an Egyptian slant ran rampant. It is a cotton mesh fabric that has tiny little squares of silver hammered thought he weave of the cotton to form the pattern. On this one the pattern is unusual in that it is very figural little stick figures, trees, buildings and birds are represented in the rows! These originate from the Assuit region of Egypt and have been produced since