Antique Victorian Paisley Shawl Woven Wool Mid 19th Century black hooded poncho The pants are unpleated (flat

The pants are unpleated (flat front)

this was originally a very expensive coat

but this is really nothing

they present a line of elegant sportswear and by the 1970s

Antique Victorian Paisley Shawl Woven Wool Mid 19th Century black hooded poncho The pants are unpleated (flatThis is a lovely woven antique Victorian paisley shawl dating to the mid 19th century. This antique Victorian paisley shawl is machine loomed and features tones of red, green, violet, orangey brown, with the centre being light green in tone. The colour palette is more subtle than many of the darker toned paisley shawls that one may see with improved looming techniques, full coloured paisleys came to be produced later on in the Victorian era. This