Evening coat
Designer
Vionnet
(1876 - 1975)
1938
Silk taffeta
Museum purchase
Object numberP86.31.3
Lantern sleeves reach their peak fullness just below the elbow. The fabric is then tightly gathered into a band around or above the wrist. This style is often crafted from several pattern pieces to create a more precise, sculptural shape, as couturier Madeleine Vionnet demonstrated in this example.
DescriptionLong, flared evening clutch coat in black silk taffeta, with stylized elbow-length barrel cut lantern sleeve and long self loop Möbius band scarf collar; bias cut, unlined; coutureCollections
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