98.20.8

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RetroSpective_12 Left to right P85.56.1 (textile wall), 83.17.1 (bag case), 89.164.150 and 89.164.152 (shoes case), 89.1.1 (choker case), 82.32.1 (sequinned dress), 83.194.1 (top), P90.20.1 (gown), 71.263.3 (shoes case), 86.7.1 (purple dress), 95.173.1 (black dress), 99.14.2 (mini dress), 98.140.1 (jacket), 91.158.1 (gold dress), 98.20.8 (suit), 93.86.9 (textile wall), 93.86.36 (textile wall), 93.86.18 (textile wall)

RetroSpective_17 91.158.1 (dress), 98.20.8 (suit)

Object: Suit

Brand: Versace (Italian, founded 1978)

Designer: Gianni Versace (1946 - 1997)

Retailer: Gianni Versace Boutique

Date: c. 1992

Medium: Wool

Country: Italy

Credit Line: Gift of Judith Corrente & Willem Kooyker

Object number: 98.20.8

DescriptionBlack and gold Florentine baroque print suit; felted wool collarless jacket with design of scrolling vines; short straight skirt in wool sateen with symmetrical strapwork design

Label Text:With the print on this suit, Versace referenced the elaborate and highly ornamental qualities of art and textile design during the 17th-century Baroque period. Bold, dramatic prints were a staple of Versace’s often flamboyant body of work. Richard Martin once noted that Versace did “not wish to replicate” past art, but “rather, with an innocent enthusiasm, he [tried] to surpass the past itself.”

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