Tickets
English
DonateMembershipTickets

Evening coat

Design House Fortuny Italian
Designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo Spanish
ca. 1920
Not on view
Spanish-born artist and designer Mariano Fortuny was active in Italy, where he established a textile workshop and a commercial silk printing factory--a version of which still operates today. Best known for his beautiful textiles and unstructured garments, Fortuny continually referenced historical and non-Western sources, reviving and creating complex fabric treatments and dyeing techniques.

This Fortuny evening coat, with its signature silhouette, adapts the T-shape of the Coptic tunic, while the designer's famous palmette pattern borrows from Persian motifs. The rich color contrasts and deliberate use of gold stencilling are a testament to Fortuny's skill. The aqua velvet provides a soft contrast to the shimmering gold details, which in turn add dimension to a unseen element: a peach satin lining.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Evening coat
  • Design House: Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)
  • Designer: Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)
  • Date: ca. 1920
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: silk, metal
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Caroline A. L. Pratt Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 2009.300.468
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

More Artwork

More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Caftan, Fortuny Italian, silk, Italian
Caftan
Design House Fortuny
Designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo
ca. 1930
Armor, Steel, copper alloy, textile, leather, Italian
Armor
Italian
ca. 1400–1450 and later
Evening coat, silk, metal, American
Evening coat
American
1920s
"Peplos", Fortuny Italian, silk, glass, Italian
"Peplos"
Design House Fortuny
Designer Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin Fortuny
Designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo
ca. 1930
Helmet and Breastplate for the Gioco del Ponte, Steel, polychromy, lead, Italian
Helmet and Breastplate for the Gioco del Ponte
Italian
17th century, with later alterations

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please contact us using the form below. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.

Send feedback

Content Notice

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world, and our online collection reflects ongoing work conducted over the course of our more than 150-year history. You may encounter objects or images that may be inappropriate for some viewers or information that may be outdated.