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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;6rivets, post: 6394, member: 24&quot;]Chinese or (originally) Filipino <i>manton</i>, 1920s, hand embroidered in silk on silk satin or sometimes crepe or charmeuse.&nbsp; This is what flamenco dancers wear, and it&#039;s why they were made in the Philippines (those islands being a Spanish possession for a long time).&nbsp; Besides condition (shattering/staining/pulled threads/lost fringe), fringe, color variety, and detail are a good way to determine age and value.&nbsp; They&#039;re still being made, and sell new in the $100-500 range. </p><p><br /></p><p>The best you can do to estimate a selling price on yours is to search completed auctions for pieces that are comparable in the factors I mentioned.&nbsp; Yours has a great fringe, the fabric looks solid, the colors are varied and the design complex - but I see bleeding of the pink, which is all but impossible to remove.&nbsp; And cleaning these....not a lot of drycleaners will take them on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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