Piece Count: 504 - because if 500 is good, 504 is better!
Finished Size: 16.5 x 23.4"
Perfect For: Resting your gams after a night of doin' the Charleston
Recommended Pairings: Bathtub gin with a twist of lime
The ‘Roaring 20’s’ that followed the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 saw a surge in the economy and mass consumerism. With it came a newfound fascination with the ‘Far East’. On this cover of the Spring & Summer catalogue, the well heeled flapper sits beneath an Oriental paper lantern and is wearing Canton Crepe. Canton Crepe was a soft, silk crepe with a pebbly surface made in Britain, but exported to China, hence the name.
The dress is advertised for $22.50 CAD. In today’s dollars that would be roughly $348.00. That’s a lot of mazuma!!
Reproduced in vivid wide-gamut colour, and mounted on genuine Eska board.
The Occurrence. Made in Haliburton, Ontario! 