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Coat
(c. 1938)
- Medium
- rayon/silk velvet, silk (lining)
- Measurements
- 154.2 cm (centre back) 68.0 cm (sleeve length)
- Place/s of Execution
- France
- Accession Number
- 1847-D5
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs A. Varcoe-Cocks, 1968
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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In April 1936, Weldon’s Good Taste wrote, ‘The dinner dress and the robe de cinema is ankle length, opening from neck to hem to reveal a foundation of different colour’. This Coat may be a robe de cinema, reflecting the social activities and pastimes that led to different types of dressing. In the United States in 1930, an average of eighty million viewers attended the cinema every week. The Coat’s chevron effect, created from the vertically striped fabric, cites a strong Art Deco motif.