To go along with the recent post European CdV, here we have a European lady, photographed by Fr Poppr. Iggy figured out that Vinohrady Weinberge is likely one location in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The dress is quite pretty. I picture it in a wine colored wool with cream and yellow medallions. She is holding a fan, a rather common practice to give added interest to the photo.
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Like you, I was trying to imagine this one in color.
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Beautiful CdV, the dress is striking..yes wine colored but wool would not drape like that on the arms would it? None the less it is a wonderful photo:)
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A light weight wool would, but perhaps you are right and this may be silk taffeta or even at that time they had rayon, but I don’t know how common it was.
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Invented in 1884 in France, rayon was originally named artificial silk or wood silk, but the name rayon was created in 1924.
Commercial prodcut of “rayon” started in 1891.
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