Three Victorian and Edwardian Capes and Dresses

Lot: 102

Circa 1890 - 1915.
Comprising a pink silk Shantung walking dress with lace and mesh inserts, printed silk collar and cuffs and extensive soutache embroidery and frog buttons a light brown wool two layer short cape with silk taffeta neck, with extensive two tone soutache embroiderery and an iridescent pink silk cape with hood, ruched off white chiffon to neck and hood, and Battenburg tape lace overlay.
The brown cape, with black label embroidered in yellow, Fratinger and Co. / San Francisco.
Approximate dimensions: The dress: 30 Bust, 24 Waists, 60 Length from shoulder to hem. The capes
Condition: Good to very good condition. The mesh netting in the dress with some tears, the bodice with some loose threads, minor shattering to inserts. The irridescent cape with shattering to silk at interior shoulders, front of neck, etc. The ribbons of the cape stained and the wool fabric with one or two very small holes.
Notes: Fratinger and Co., founded 1886, according to the California Retail Business Ephemera Collection notes.