A study of the Fortuny house's sales books, kept mainly in the archives of the Museo Fortuny / Palazzo Fortuny in Venice, reveals that the famous "Eleonora" dress - as Mariano Fortuny himself called it - has been sold in multiple copies to personalities all over the world.
This one belonged to Alice Ellen Terry, known as Ellen Terry (1847-1928), a famous English actress in Shakespearean theatre.
- Auteur(s): Mariano Fortuny
- Dates: Circa 1910
- Mode d'acquisition : Acquisition Vogue Paris Foundation 2016
- Matériaux et techniques : Bronze-antiqued gold silk velvet printed with gold; pleated brown silk fabric; black silk braiding, black, white and yellow beads; lined in antiqued gold silk fabric
- GAL2017.17.14