(2) European Women's Silk Scarves. One is an Italian Boho style rectangular piece with irregularly alternating cream, pink, and grey tones under floral and leaf patterns, and the other is a square Chanel "Navy" piece with concentric chain designs throughout it. The Chanel is marked throughout, no visible marks on the other piece. 

Largest Size: 37 x 70 in. 

Chanel is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel 1883-1971) in Paris. Her couture house closed in 1939 when World War II broke out, and her work with the Vichy puppet regime to try to end the war swiftly in favor of the Germans led to her spending nearly a decade in self-imposed exile in Switzerland after the War before returning to Paris in 1954 to revive her brand. Although the French were slow to embrace her, the American and British markets took to her immediately, and her career was at its zenith when she passed in 1971, leaving the company in the hands of Yvonne Dudel, Jean Cazaubon, and Philippe Guibourge. After many changes in control over the next half century, it is now privately owned by French brothers Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, through the holding company Chanel Limited, established in 2018 and headquartered in London. To this day Chanel specializes in women’s ready-to-wear, luxury goods, and accessories, best known for its No. 5 perfume and Chanel Suit (as well as the ubiquitous “little black dress”), and is credited for revolutionizing haute couture and ready-to-wear by replacing structured, corseted silhouettes with more functional garments that women still find flattering over a century later.

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