Suit

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2019.4.23.12ab.CW.SU.C1914.FR
Author:
House of Brandt (French, Paris 1905-active circa 1926)
Description
Sand shantung silk suit: jacket with covered buttons plus skirt, both embroidered with silk soutache braid.
Materials
Shantung silk
Soutache embroidery
Origin
circa 1914 France
Related object
Cape
Exhibitions History
• 2018.10.02–2019.04.21. ‘1918. The luxury of independence from Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ In collaboration with Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation. Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.
• 2022.07.08–2022.11.01. ‘The Beginnings of the Railway in Liepaja (1871–1940). From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Liepaja Museum, Liepaja, Latvia.
• 2023.04.25–2023.10.07. ‘The romance of Travelling. From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev foundation.’ Šilutė Hugo Sheu Museum (Hugo Sheu Manor), Šilutė, Lithuania.