Evening cape
(c. 1915)

LANVIN, Paris (fashion house)

Jeanne LANVIN (designer)

Medium: silk (jersey, crêpe de chine), glass (beads)
Measurements: 72.0 cm (centre back) 206.0 cm (hem circumference)
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
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Mrs Krystyna Campbell-Pretty in memory of Mr Harold Campbell-Pretty, 2015
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Gallery location: Not on display
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.