81.88.1

Images (9)

Nature_26 Left to right P90.38.1 (textile wall), 81.88.1 (coat), 75.69.3 (dress), P88.3.16 (textile wall), 80.261.9 (dress), 2017.25.1 (ensemble)

Nature_27 P90.38.1 (textile wall), 81.88.1 (coat), 75.69.3 (dress)

Exhibitionism_2 Left to right 80.176.1 (jeans), 2003.45.2 (denim ensemble), P80.5.7 (coat), P84.14.3 (hat case), 81.88.1 (evening coat), 2016.63.1 (dress)

Luxury_52 Left to right 72.111.3 (pink dress), 2004.31.4 (shoes case), P87.17.1 (hat case), 79.86.63, 79.86.124, 97.57.2 (shoe heels case), 2006.61.1 (shoes case), 81.88.1 (velvet coat), P91.31.1 (textile wall), P83.5.9 (orange dress), 96.69.16 (dress), P83.39.8 (layered dress)

Luxury_53 Left to right 67.127.1 (velvet dress), 2003.12.1 (gown), 83.79.1487 (textile wall), 72.111.3 (pink dress), 2004.31.4 (shoes case), P87.17.1 (hat case), 79.86.63, 79.86.124, 97.57.2 (shoe heels case), 2006.61.1 (shoes case), 81.88.1 (velvet coat)

Luxury_16 Left to right 2003.12.1 (gown), 83.79.1487 (textile wall), 72.111.3 (pink dress), 2004.31.4 (shoes case), P87.17.1 (hat case), 79.86.63, 79.86.124, 97.57.2 (shoe heels case), 2006.61.1 (shoes case), 81.88.1 (velvet coat), P91.31.1 (textile wall), P83.5.9 (orange dress), 96.69.16 (dress hidden), P83.39.8 (silk dress)

Luxury_18 Left to right 67.127.1 (velvet dress), 2003.12.1 (gown), 83.79.1487 (textile wall), 72.111.3 (pink dress), 2004.31.4 (shoes case), P87.17.1 (hat case), 79.86.63, 79.86.124, 97.57.2 (shoe heels case), 2006.61.1 (shoes case), 81.88.1 (velvet coat)

Object: Evening coat

Brand: Yvonne May (French)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: Velvet, crystal beads, and rhinestones

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of John J. Sasek

Object number: 81.88.1

DescriptionBlack velvet evening coat with comet design in crystal seed beads and rhinestones; straight-line with vertically pleated wide roll collar and long raglan sleeves

Label Text:The dazzling, descending comets on this evening coat project a sense of motion and speed. During the early twentieth century, these astral phenomena were extensively studied by scientists and artists alike. In 1915, for instance, Albert Einstein‘s general theory of relativity proposed that massive objects cause distortions in space and time that are experienced as gravity.

In Collection(s)

1920s

Exhibitions:

Luxury
Force of Nature
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT