Evening coat

Design House Fortuny Italian

Designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo Spanish

1930s

Not on view

Fortuny eschewed the whims of Paris fashion, preferring to perfect his own ideals. A devoted client would take great care and have a possessive, sentimental attachment to her Fortuny wardrobe. If a dress needed to be repleated, it could be sent back to Venice, where Fortuny would carefully restore it.

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Title: Evening coat
Design House: Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)
Designer: Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)
Date: 1930s
Culture: Italian
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Ernest Frederick Eidlitz, 1975
Object Number: 1975.382
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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