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Caftan

Design House:
Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)
Designer:
Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)
Date:
ca. 1930
Culture:
Italian
Medium:
silk
Credit Line:
Gift of Courtlandt Palmer, 1950
Accession Number:
C.I.50.44
Not on view
This Fortuny-designed maroon caftan, or djellaba, is based on Asian and North African forms. Fortuny preserves the length of the fabric panels without interruptions of tailoring, not because he is averse to cutting the textile but rather to advance the caftan as an apparel type. As in the traditional Asian garment type, the sleeves of the Fortuny coat extend to cover the wearer's hands.
Marking: [label] "Mariano Fortuny / Venise"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress," December 8, 1994–March 19, 1995.

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Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress

Timelines
Italian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.-present

Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress

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