ROYAL Lace Handkerchief with Wedding Monogram MIR, from the estate of Duchess Maria Immakulata of Württemberg, born Archduchess of Austria, 1900 #antikermantel Every well-dressed Victorian woman owned

Every well-dressed Victorian woman owned at least one fancy velvet dolman or mantle

In the 1920s

Entirely hand‑sewn and tailored

Raised in the cultured household of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt

Beautifully embroidered ladies' shawl from the late Rococo period

ROYAL Lace Handkerchief with Wedding Monogram MIR, from the estate of Duchess Maria Immakulata of Württemberg, born Archduchess of Austria, 1900 #antikermantel Every well-dressed Victorian woman ownedExtravagant lace handkerchief with the monogram of Maria Immakulata, born Archduchess of Austria and Duke Robert of Wrttemberg. Maria was a sister in law of Marie Valerie (a daughter of Empress Sisi Elisabeth of Austria), a great great great granddaughter of Emperor Leopold II of Austria and a great great great granddaughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. On October 29, 1900, Maria married Duke Robert von Wrttemberg, five years her senior and a