THIS IS LOVELY ITS SHABBY CHIC BUT THAT MEANS ITS ACTUALLY BEEN IN A SEWING BOX & USED RATHER THAN AS AN ORNAMENT PURCHASED MANY YEARS AGO FROM AN ANTIQUE FAYRE & BEEN IN MY COLLECTION EVER SINCE.  I BOUGHT THIS AS VICTORIAN BUT I HAVE PUT 1900 - 40 AS THE ERA AS I CANNOT BE SURE IT ISNT EDWARDIAN.  THE MATERIAL IS NAVY VELVET.