Venetian tunic
Venice workshop
Date
1910-20
Museum
Pitti PalaceCollection
Museum of Costume and FashionInventory
TA 5848
This long, voluminous flaring tunic made of four cobalt blue silk satin panels, is fully open at the front. It has an overlapping closure, an asymmetrical, lightly V-shaped neckline and an asymmetrical waistline. The full, rectangular sleeves reach down to the wrists.
The tunic, which was part of Eleonora Duse’s wardrobe, may be dated to the 1910s, a period during which the star turned her back on the stage, before making a dazzling comeback in the 1920s.
Donated by Suor Mary Mark , 1993.
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