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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Debora, post: 3815482, member: 1476&quot;]Here&#039;s something similar from the Spanish on-line auction site todocoleccion.net, a competitor to eBay.&nbsp; &nbsp; Described as an opera cape from the Isabelina period which is roughly Victorian.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.todocoleccion.net/antiguedades/capa-o-salida-teatro-antigua-isabelina-seda-mano-manton-manila~x184191223#sobre_el_lote" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.todocoleccion.net/antiguedades/capa-o-salida-teatro-antigua-isabelina-seda-mano-manton-manila~x184191223#sobre_el_lote" rel="nofollow">https://www.todocoleccion.net/antiguedades/capa-o-salida-teatro-antigua-isabelina-seda-mano-manton-manila~x184191223#sobre_el_lote</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It was always my understanding that <i>mantónes de Manila </i>were produced in China but the embroidery on yours looks more Filipino to my eye. So does the weight of the fabric.&nbsp; Does it feel like silk to you (as it should be if antique Chinese) or could it possibly be piña cloth?&nbsp; That would explain the translucence and the skimpiness of the <i>fleco </i>or fringe.&nbsp; The fringe is one of the elements used to evaluate the quality of a traditional Chinese <i>mantón de Manila</i> (along with the design, the fabric, and whether the embroidery is as finished on the reverse as it is on the front) so may suggest a different point of origin.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piña" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piña" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piña</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317479[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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