TWO HEAVILY EMBROIDERED LADIES VEST, BALKANS, EARLY-MID 19TH C

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  • Lot: 98
  • April 26th, 2023 - Spring Vintage Spectacular
  • Bellows Falls, VT
Both w/ metallic braid & cord couched work in serpentine, band & classical bud motifs, oversized metallic thread covered decorative cones at neckline w/ coral beads, hook & eye closures: 1 w/ exposed maroon velvet ground at CB, 19th C, CH 33", L 10.5", (tarnish/wear/oxidization to lame, bead loss, 1 missing eye closure, wear to velvet pile at closure, shattering to CB velvet, closures rusted) good; 1 entirely covered w/ metallic cord & braid, 19th C, CH 33", L 10", (tarnish/wear to lame, lining discolored, minor fraying right SH, cord detaching right SH & left SS, closures rusted) very good.

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  • Price Realized: $ 218.75
  • Category: Ethnic Clothes
  • Era: 1850-1890

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