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Evening Outfit

1962 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pyjama jacket in Chinese-inspired printed flowered silk, pinks and greens, entirely beaded to the pattern, with short waist and 3/4 length kimono sleeves. Worn with tapering green silk trousers, long open-fronted flowered silk skirt, and beaded shoes to match

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Palazzo Pyjama Jacket
  • Palazzo Pyjama Trousers
  • Palazzo Pyjama Skirt
  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
beaded and printed silk
Brief description
Evening outfit, 1962, Italian, Princess Irene Galitzine, palazzo pyjama jacket and trousers, with pair of beaded shoes, 1962, Italian, Lucarelli with Galitzine
Physical description
Pyjama jacket in Chinese-inspired printed flowered silk, pinks and greens, entirely beaded to the pattern, with short waist and 3/4 length kimono sleeves. Worn with tapering green silk trousers, long open-fronted flowered silk skirt, and beaded shoes to match
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Width: 8cm
  • Length: 24.3cm
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Princess Galitzine
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
Collection
Accession number
T.220-1974

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Record createdSeptember 3, 2007
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