ROBE

ROBE
 19th century

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
Purple, embroidered with gold
Accession Number
392-D5
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by East Kew Presbyterian Church, 1962
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Gallery location
Not on display

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Dress CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer) Dress CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer) Top and skirt ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Gasometers at Clichy Paul SIGNAC Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO RECTILINIER, dress ISSEY MIYAKE, Tokyo (fashion house); Satoshi KONDO (designer) Jacket ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to) The thinker Auguste RODIN Self-portrait Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA Cabinet W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator) Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Scaramouche and Columbine MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer); Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (modeller) Glove purse MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) Hero and Leander Nicolas RÉGNIER Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law John Rogers HERBERT Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) Dress ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna A monk with a book TITIAN Calvary FLANDERS; Jan BRUEGHEL I (studio of) Dress CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer)