Jacket, Mariano Fortuny

• Mariano Fortuny

• Between 1910 and 1920
• Royal blue silk velvet printed in gold; edging in brown silk printed in gold; lining in beige silk ottoman
• GAL2017.17.12
• Acquisition Vogue Paris Foundation 2016
• Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris

This jacket called "casaquin" is usually worn over a "Delphos" dress. Its success is attested by the sales records of the Fortuny house that the Palazzo Fortuny / Museo Fortuny keeps in Venice. Several models like this one will be ordered to enter the wardrobes of the most famous personalities from all over the world.