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Dress

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.11.9.1.CW.DR.C1910.IT
Authors:
House of Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)
Mariano FORTUNY (Italian (born Spanish), Granada 1871–1949 Venice)
Description
Delphos dress in pleated satin silk, salmon color. Tubular, neckline and sleeves are the first variants created in 1909 by FORTUNY. Murano glass beads of black and white color decorate it and ballast the armholes.
Material
Silk
Origin
circa 1910 Italy
Exhibitions History
• 2019.11.15–2020.01.19. ‘Art Nouveau. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Mark Rothko art centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
• 2020.07.17–2020.01.20. ‘From Fortuny to Versace. 100 Years of Italian Fashion. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Fashion Museum, Riga, Latvia.
• 2024.03.05–2025.02.01. ‘Body Poetry. Isadora Duncan, Raymond Duncan and the Plastic Dance Tradition in Latvia During the 1920s and 1930s.’ Romans Suta and Aleksandra Beļcova Museum, Riga, Latvia.