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Just a guess, is it the small opalescent moonstone looking one with the tiny brass leaf overlay?

Hi, That is a wonderful photograph. It appears to be later than the 1880s. The men are outdoor workers, of course, so would not be wearing the latest fashions and some would be wearing older clothes. So I am looking in particular at the soft caps, the facial hair and then the shirts. The...

Thank you, Amanda. Good to know Jennifer is safe and also that her home and store were not flooded.

Thats it! Our dresses were RAGTIME also. I loved that line of clothing, way back when.

Hi, I might date this to circa 1973 give or take a year. It looks to be made a rayon challis (or similar smooth soft rayon fabric). I believe the hem and length are original. Both my sister and I had an extremely similar dress, and ours were also made of a rayon challis. These were Midi...

Yes, authentic antique. I am stunned that you got these at an auction! They both look to be very early 19th century, pre Victorian. Look like Empire - Regency era, maybe around 1810 to 1820. Perhaps the "vest" is even a few years earlier, 1800 to 1805. . Hard to say for sure without...

It is indeed authentic, antique, late Victorian era, looks circa 1880s. . What a fabulous thing to find at an auction. The lace is gorgeous.

I agree with 1950s. It is not a blazer, it appears to be a suit jacket and surely once had a matching skirt.

Hi, Wish I could be helpful, but these caps are hard to date, as we know! For me, I really have not done more than a small bit of research on them. The first one does seem a night cap, but is such a plain style and these were made in so many eras that I am not sure at all when to date it...

Hi Victoria! Yes, I agree with your 1960s dating. The back treatment would be referred to as a split Watteau back.

Those are lovely. These, as we know, can be difficult to date from looking at a photo only. The silk looks rather thin and very lightweight, which leads me to think these are both post WWII. Could be anywhere from 1950 to today. The fringes also have the look, length, and weight of a later...

I like that dress. The technique appears to be Batik (versus a more simple tie dye), but they are similar in that they are both a form of resist dying. The hem could have been taken up and the hem tape added at that time? The Empire bust line looks more 1960s to me, but I really have no good...

Dear Pauline, Hello! :hiya: So nice to hear from you after such a long time. I hope you are doing well and enjoying your experiences in life. Your new avatar photo is lovely. A bit sophisticated, very nice. LOVE the shoes! As far as your question, I am not sure I understand what you are...

Not sure when it was made, sorry. But it does look very much like some of the old millinery appliques that i have in my collection. The backing is some sort of buckram. I get a general sense of 1950s but I do not know why. Could it perhpas be a costume piece? It looks it to me.

That is lovely. Organza is silk, so it is not that fabric. To me it looks like flocked nylon or similar. Might be a bland of cotton and a synthetic.

My first thought was 1940s also. These look more what we used to call pyjamas (as opposed to pajamas). Nicole called it that as well. The difference in spelling was used to indicate their purpose. They were popular in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s for lounging, eating breakfast at home, casual...

That is a lovely jacket. Yes, a close up will help a great deal. From far away it does look like a tape lace. But then again, the solid black piping (?) looks more like a stuffed satin cording than a true lace technique. The airy threads look similar to hairpin lace in the way they are...

That is a nice looking hat. I would place it in the mid to late 1940s. It has a pagoda crown, but no other special name for the style that comes to mind.

That is a great hat! I would place it in the early 1950s. That is, if memory serves, his earliest or very early label.

Hi, I found an old photo of the scarf. Still looking for any photos of the silk scraps.

Linda, I love that jacket with the fur collar. Is the blanket wool, or is it some other fabric/fiber? The pattern on the back looks more Art Nouveau to 1920s era, at least to me.

I might think circa 1880s. It appears to be mantle, with cape style sleeves, but I cannot get a good look at the shape.

Hi, I will see I still have photos.

I Love Babani! I once has a glorious large Babani silk scarf, circa 1920s, hand painted on ivory silk chiffon. Sold it a few years ago and did quite well with it. I still have a few scraps of lavender silk that I saved from a Babani silk Kimono style robe that was too damaged to restore. So...

That is beautiful. It appears to be a type of Brussels net lace. Very nice and a desirable lace right now for a lot of collectors. What is the width and length of the piece? In the photos is looks a bit too narrow to be considered a shawl, but it is hard for me to really see the width...

Ditto!

Welcome to the VFG site, Anna.

I agree with the dating, thinking around 1920 - 1925. Many of the antique Chinese textiles I have come acrss, have had some tiny blue or red ink or other color stamp. I was told these wee export stamps for use by customs, etc. However I have not seen a prominent stamp like that on a silk...

Cin, there are no buttonholes or stud holes. But yes, studs would look wonderful on that.

If it is dedinitely not fur, then the fabric would be a faux fur, but not a velvet. That long pile fabric was often called simply "plush" and was usually made of silk or rayon (or a blend of the 2). It is really an attractive garment.