Evening robe
An unusual chiselŽ velvet with scrolling floral and raised foliate pattern is composed of cut and uncut loops of silk that evoke late Renaissance meanders. Yet its indisputable historical resonance is also compatible with the emerging Art Nouveau of a like abstraction of the flower within a curvilinear horror vacui.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening robe
- Date: 1890s
- Culture: probably French
- Medium: silk, fur
- Credit Line: Gift of Miss Cornelia Van Aukin Chapin, 1953
- Object Number: C.I.53.60.8
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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