The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Apollo of Versailles

Apollo of Versailles

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Description

In a sui generis gesture to one client, this velvet cape for Lady Mendl refers to her taste for eighteenth-century style and the spectacular, and celebrates the Apollo Founrtain and its proximity to her house in the Parc de Varsailles.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: [label] Made in France
See also
Who
Elsa Schiaparelli (321)
What
Costume (43,644)

Silk (34,059)

Outerwear (1,680)

Capes (426)
Where
Europe (150,013)

France (49,321)
When
A.D. 1900-present (79,803)
In the Museum
Costume Institute (36,427)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Costume in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973)

Twentieth–Century Silhouette and Support

Le Colis de Trianon–Versailles and Paris Openings

Dressing for the Cocktail Hour

France, 1900 A.D.–present
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