"Apollo of Versailles"

Design House Schiaparelli French
Designer Elsa Schiaparelli Italian

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In a sui generis gesture to one client, this velvet cape for Lady Mendl refers to her taste for eighteenth-century style and the spectacular, and celebrates the Apollo Founrtain and its proximity to her house in the Parc de Versailles.

"Apollo of Versailles", Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927), silk, metallic, French

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