Object: Man's ensemble
Brand:
Walter Van Beirendonck
(born 1957)
Date: Summer 2006
Medium: Raffia, white organdy, orange cotton, and multicolor embroidery
Country: Belgium
Credit Line: Gift of Walter Van Beirendonck
Object number: 2007.54.2
DescriptionMan's ensemble; natural raffia grasscloth waistcoat and white organdy tunic shirt, each with multicolor embroidery, orange cotton cropped pants
Label Text:The shape of this coat was modeled on 18th-century menswear. Made of raffia, a tropical plant, it is adorned with images of dinosaurs and insects, rather than the floral embroidery characteristic of that period. Van Beirendonck was inspired by the ultimately destructive “cross-pollination” between 18th-century European explorers and the indigenous people of Easter Island.
Exhibitions:
- RetroSpective