PINGAT JET BEADED BUTTERFLY EVENING CAPE, 1890's. Cream satin with chiffon shoulder drape beneath two layers of stiffened black net decorated as butterfly wings with silver sequins and faceted jet beads, the high neck having a large beaded wire butterfly at back. Label "Maison Emile Pingat A. Walles & Cie 30. Rue Louis le Grand Paris". L-30. (Small tears to chiffon lining and holes in net) good. $1,320.
ID 271 (7)
ID 271 (7)