Object: Man's dressing gown
Brand:
Charvet
Date: c. 1930
Medium: Yellow silk brocade and black silk satin
Country: France
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P89.4.1
DescriptionMan's dressing gown: gold silk damask, black silk self striped satin shawl collar and cuff; waist flapped pockets, left chest patch pocket; self covered one button closing. Matching tie belt: black, gold chainette fringe.
Label Text:The man’s dressing gown evolved from the banyan, an 18th-century robe that originated in India. In the 1930s, dressing gowns were considered elegant at-home wear for fashion savvy men.
Exhibitions:
- Exoticism
- Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s