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Coat

1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Penny Green (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Penny Green's distinctive works match powerful shapes and rich materials. This coat is decoratively stitched to create interlined panels, which provide form and warmth. Paintings of historical dress are a potent source of inspiration. The style of this coat is derived from a man's fashionable day coat of the 1730s, which featured a tightly fitting body and full skirt. The designer translates this historical silhouette to contemporary taste by rendering it in quilted taffeta trimmed with velvet. The detail and precision of the intricate quilting demonstrate the designer's skill and high level of craftsmanship.


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Textiles
Formal Wear
Clothing
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Coat
Materials and techniques
Quilted taffeta with velvet trim
Crushed Velvet
Taffeta
Quilted
Brief description
Quilted taffeta and velvet coat, designed by Penny Green, Great Britain, 1980
Physical description
Quilted charcoal grey/black taffeta and velvet coat.
Gallery label
  • Penny Green's distinctive works match powerful shapes and rich materials. This coat is decoratively stitched to create interlined panels, which provide form and warmth. Paintings of historical dress are a potent source of inspiration. The style of this coat is derived from a man's fashionable day coat of 1730s, which featured a tightly fitting body and full skirt.(1997)
  • EVENING COAT English, Penny Green, 1980 Quilted black taffeta and velvet The style of this coat is derived from a man's fashionable coat of the 1730s. Coats of that period were distinguished by their tightly fitting bodies and full skirts. This coat is machine stitched and the skirt is constructed from five panels interlined with polyester. Penny Green's distinctive work combines powerful shapes and rich materials. Originally trained as a designer for the theatre, her feeling for the dramatic is combined with inspiration she finds in historic paintings. Worn and given by Mrs Veronica Cohen T.263-1983(1988)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Veronica Cohen
Summary
Penny Green's distinctive works match powerful shapes and rich materials. This coat is decoratively stitched to create interlined panels, which provide form and warmth. Paintings of historical dress are a potent source of inspiration. The style of this coat is derived from a man's fashionable day coat of the 1730s, which featured a tightly fitting body and full skirt. The designer translates this historical silhouette to contemporary taste by rendering it in quilted taffeta trimmed with velvet. The detail and precision of the intricate quilting demonstrate the designer's skill and high level of craftsmanship.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.263-1983

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Record createdSeptember 17, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84335/coat-penny-green/
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