Evening coat
Fortuny eschewed the whims of Paris fashion, preferring to perfect his own ideals. A devoted client would take great care and have a possessive, sentimental attachment to her Fortuny wardrobe. If a dress needed to be repleated, it could be sent back to Venice, where Fortuny would carefully restore it.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening coat
- Design House: Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)
- Designer: Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)
- Date: 1930s
- Culture: Italian
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Ernest Frederick Eidlitz, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.382
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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