Evening coat

Designer Yvonne May French

ca. 1925

Not on view

This beaded evening coat, with its loose cut, shorter length and oversized and padded collar, typifies the design of the period.

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Title: Evening coat
Designer: Yvonne May (French)
Date: ca. 1925
Culture: French
Medium: silk, beads
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Stutzer Taylor, 1942
Object Number: 2009.300.98
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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