Evening jacket

Designer Elsa Schiaparelli Italian

Design House Schiaparelli French

1948–50

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Title: Evening jacket
Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)
Design House: Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927)
Date: 1948–50
Culture: French
Medium: silk, metallic thread, glass
Credit Line: Gift of Dame Judith Anderson, 1980
Object Number: 1980.90.2
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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