Coat
In 1949, marketing company A.M. Tenney Associates commissioned French couturiers to design clothing that featured Estron, a new synthetic fiber developed by Tennessee Eastman Corporation. According to a press release about the designs, this example by Schiaparelli was featured in an earlier collection, but was refashioned in the new American fabric. It also exhibits signature Schiaparelli elements, such as inventive cut and offbeat buttons.
Artwork Details
- Title: Coat
- Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)
- Date: 1947–49
- Culture: French
- Medium: wool, silk, cellulose acetate, plastic (polyvinyl acetate)
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of A.M. Tenney Associates, Inc., 1950
- Object Number: 2009.300.137
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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