Evening jacket
This evening jacket is special because of its inventive use of shaping and gathering. The design takes full advantage of the draping qualities of panne velvet, using artful shirring and tucking techniques. The overall silhouette maintains the fluid 1930s styles.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening jacket
- Date: 1930–39
- Culture: probably French
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Adelaide Goan, 1955
- Object Number: 2009.300.211
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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Probably French
19th century
British
1740s
French
19th century
Designer Yohji Yamamoto
spring/summer 2005
Possibly French
19th century
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