VICTORIAN BERLIN WORK WITH HAND BLOWN GERMAN OR ITALIAN BEADS. ORIGINAL SILK FRINGE IN GOOD CONDITION. SILK BACKING HAS SOME SLIGHT STAINING. TYPICAL GILDED HANDLE.
MEASURES APPROX. 12 INCHES X 19 INCHES .

VICTORIAN  "FANCY" WORK WAS A SOCIAL NECESSITY IN THE MID/LATE 18OO`S AND IN ORDER TO PROTECT MILADYS` COMPLEXION FROM EVEN THE SLIGHT WARMTH OF THE CANDLE WHILE SHE DID HER CLOSE HANDICRAFT ...REMEMBER .. THERE WAS NO GAS OR ELECTRIC LIGHTING .. THIS KIND OF SHADE  WAS  USED.

I HAVE A PHOTO FROM A COLLECTORS MAGAZINE SHOWING AN IDENTICAL SHADE AS PROVENANCE AND COPIES ARE AVAILABLE.

PRICED AT $85.oo.

FROM THE LADY M . COLLECTION.