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Evening ensemble

Elsa Schiaparelli for Maison Schiaparelli1939

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

Leaves garland the center front and cuffs of an evening jacket. The austerity of a black is rendered resplendent by the leaves. As nature increasingly diminishes the available light of autumn days, so the black field corresponds to the escalating darkness. As in nature, the leaves in their expiring beauty command the vision even as days darken and the embroidered leaves animate the jacket.

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  • Title: Evening ensemble
  • Creator: Elsa Schiaparelli
  • Fashion House: House of Schiaparelli, (French, founded 1928)
  • Date Created: 1939
  • Physical Dimensions: Length at CB (a): 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm) Length at CB (b): 21 1/4 in. (54 cm) Width (c): 9 in. (22.9 cm)
  • Type: Evening ensemble
  • External Link: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Collection Online
  • Medium: wool, silk, rayon, metallic thread, glass, plastic
  • Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: Gift of Julia B. Henry, 1978
  • Creator Death Date: 1973
  • Creator Birth Date: 1890
  • Accession Number: 1978.288.20a–e
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