The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caftan

This artwork is not on display

Description

This Fortuny-designed maroon caftan, or djellaba, is based on Asian and North African forms. Fortuny preserves the length of the fabric panels without interruptions of tailoring, not because he is averse to cutting the textile but rather to advance the caftan as an apparel type. As in the traditional Asian garment type, the sleeves of the Fortuny coat extend to cover the wearer's hands.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: [label] "Mariano Fortuny / Venise"
See also
Who
Fortuny (92)

Mariano Fortuny (61)
What
Costume (42,521)

Silk (33,150)

Caftans (45)
Where
Europe (146,011)

Italy (24,701)
When
A.D. 1900-present (75,581)
In the Museum
Costume Institute (34,959)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress

Italian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present