Vintage Fornasetti Silk Tie Lina Cavalieri Face in Wrapper satin but likely this was made

but likely this was made in India

The piece is made of 100% silk that is embroidered overall with floral designs in tones of blue

a local institution owned by Kingi Carpenter

and the quality of this one is such that it may have been made by one of the Paris fashion houses

The collar is quite large and can be worn down and open at the neck or done up at the neck with the collar standing up covering the head

Vintage Fornasetti Silk Tie Lina Cavalieri Face in Wrapper satin but likely this was madeThis is a vintage Fornasetti silk tie featuring a design consisting of the face of Lina Cavalieri wrapped like a candy, repeating multiple times, both on the wide and narrow ends of the tie. Lina Cavalieri was a 19th century Italian operatic soprano. Fornasetti saw a photo of her and pronounced her the most beautiful woman in the world, using her face in all sorts of contexts, notably in a series of plates known as Tema e Variazioni. Fornasetti (1913