Evening Jacket
ca. 1920 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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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) |
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Accession number | T.424-1976 |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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