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Evening jacket

fall 1937
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Evening jacket
  • Design House: Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927)
  • Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)
  • Artist: Jean Cocteau (French, Maisons-Laffitte 1889–1963 Milly-la-Forêt)
  • Maker: House of Lesage (French, founded 1924)
  • Date: fall 1937
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: linen, metal
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2009
  • Object Number: 2009.421
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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