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Evening Jacket

ca. 1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hip length jacket of black cut silk velvet roller printed with a formal leaf design in gold. Edged with green velvet also printed with gold. The jacket is dolman cut in three pieces with shoulder and side seams. The sleeves which are short are also trimmed at edge with green printed velvet. The jacket is lined with red corded silk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Metallic printed cut silk velvet, roller printed, lined in corded silk
Brief description
Evening jacket, black cut silk velvet, metallic roller printing, designed and probably printed by Mariano Fortuny, Venice, Italy, ca. 1920
Physical description
Hip length jacket of black cut silk velvet roller printed with a formal leaf design in gold. Edged with green velvet also printed with gold. The jacket is dolman cut in three pieces with shoulder and side seams. The sleeves which are short are also trimmed at edge with green printed velvet. The jacket is lined with red corded silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 69cm (Note: Centre back - neck to hem)
  • Width: 86cm (Note: At hem - flat)
Marks and inscriptions
'MARIANO FORTUNY VENISE' (Circular printed label at neck, black on gold)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Hollond
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
T.424-1976

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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