antique silk chiffon fabric w/ paisley border print, turn of the century vintage

Beautiful old silk fabric circa 1900, 20" wide x about 19 yards, nearly a full bolt. This is light fine chiffon, almost sheer, lovely for scarves or flounces. It's unused, never laundered. It does have a little fraying to the selvage edges from handling, and some soil and foxing to the outside wraps.

This fabric is out of a whole cellar full of beautiful old textiles we purchased recently... including some very unusual and hard to find fabrics. This was stored away since around WWII, untouched since the 1940s.

Most of this material does have age related foxing (it was carefully stored, wrapped in paper or tissue, which no one expected at that time to lead to foxing later!). There's discoloration to edges and outer folds and fold lines on this fabric.

It's never been laundered, and we haven't washed or soaked it. It might clean up with a good wash, but we'll leave that up to you!