1930s Franco Bertoli Hand Painted Gold Patterned Caftan Dress on A Deep Red Silk Velvet designer-tiziani Rare large/full size bracelet has

Rare large/full size bracelet has not previously been shortened nor altered

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Here he utilizes the stretch lingerie weight nude nylon "bandage" fabric that would have still been a fairly new innovation then

Length: 69

1930s Franco Bertoli Hand Painted Gold Patterned Caftan Dress on A Deep Red Silk Velvet designer-tiziani Rare large/full size bracelet hasThis is a lovely dress whose fabric is phenonemal. It is by the Italian designer Franco Bertoli and you can clearly see its references to the great Italian designs who worked in similar velvets to this like Fortuny and Maria Monaci Gallenga. The dress has a simple cut. The bodice is more fitted and has a seam set under the bust. The lower part of the dress is set into that seam and widens out gradually to the hem. This leaves it loose and easy through