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Coat
c. 1925
- Designer
- Sonia Delaunay
- Brand
- Sonia Delaunay
- Label
- none
- Material
- Brown wool embroidered with yarn and silk thread.
- Inventory Number(s)
- AC7038 91-25-2
An abstract image was created on this coat as if it were a canvas, however, it was totally executed by embroidery. The couching stitches hold vertical wool yarns with silk threads in place to produce the image. Sonia Delaunay, who started her activities as a painter in the 1900s, also designed a wide range of articles including textiles and dresses, crossing the border between fine arts and fashion.
1920s
KCI