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Evening jacket
Mariano Fortuny, born 1871 - died 1949 - Enlarge image
Evening jacket
- Place of origin:
Venice, Italy (designed)
- Date:
ca. 1920 (designed)
- Artist/Maker:
Mariano Fortuny, born 1871 - died 1949 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Printed velvet lined with silk and trimmed with silk braid
- Credit Line:
Given by Elizabeth Sarachi Milburn
- Museum number:
T.151-2004
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This jacket was worn by Elizabeth Sarachi Milburn, who was a society figure with an excellent taste in fashionable dress. It is highly representative of Fortuny's use of luxurious fabrics and rich trimmings combined with his signature pleats.
The multi-talented Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949) was a painter, theatre designer, photographer, inventor and scientist, although he is best known as a creator of extraordinary fabrics and clothes. His distinctive creations were worn by avant-garde beauties throughout the world from the 1910s to the 1930s. He based his textile patterns on historical designs and was especially fond of Renaissance motifs. By 1920 he had established a factory on the Guidecca in Venice as well as his original Palazzo Orfei workshops.
