Colorful floral antique Chinese silk shawl draped over a mannequin against a neutral background
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FEATURED PIECE | Antique Embroidered Chinese Silk Shawl

Imagine being swathed, and dancing, in this antique embroidered silk shawl when it was first made in the 1920s!

Antique piano shawls, sometimes called Chinese and Manila shawls, are collectable antiques and come in a range of designs, all hand-embroidered.

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“Catherine, meanwhile, in the parlour ...

... picking up her morsel of fancy work had seated herself with it again — for life, as it were.”

This ending to Henry James’ small masterpiece shows Catherine Sloper ultimately chose a life on her own terms rather than a life with a husband who would have been unsuitable.

Henry James | 5 April 1843–28 February 1916.

Shaped by and for generations.

Book titled 'Washington Square' by Henry James with a marbled purple and pink cover.