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Evening cape
(c. 1915)

Medium
silk (jersey, crêpe de chine), glass (beads)

Measurements
72.0 cm (centre back) 206.0 cm (hem circumference)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Mrs Krystyna Campbell-Pretty in memory of Mr Harold Campbell-Pretty, 2015

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
label, centre back neckline, woven in gold on ivory silk: Jeanne Lanvin PARIS / 22. Faubourg St Honore
printed in ink on reverse: 6384

Accession Number
2015.644

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

Physical description
Evening cape in black silk jersey, with wide collar fastening at the centre front. Decorated across the shoulders and upper back with swirls of embroidery in glass beading. Lined in green silk and cream silk in two sections.