Evening cape

Design House Fortuny Italian
 Designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo Spanish

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Fortuny's artist-father created with access to an aficionado's collection of diverse historicist and exotic objects. He collected North-African textiles and costume and used them as studio props. The younger Fortuny continued the life of such objects in what he characterized as his inventions, a science applied to dress. This evening wrap is almost literally a berber cape, except for the specific textile (silk velvet) and embellishments (metallic stenciling) typical of Fortuny.

Evening cape, Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906), silk, Italian

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Evening cape, Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906), silk, Italian
Evening cape, Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906), silk, Italian
Evening cape, Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906), silk, Italian
Evening cape, Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906), silk, Italian
Evening cape, Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906), silk, Italian
Evening cape, Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906), silk, Italian

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