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Lucien Lelong created a simple coat from a fabulous modernist textile. A velvet with long and short pile has been discharge printed in a bright modernist color scheme with swirls reminiscent of paintings by Italian futurist artists.

 

 

 

Lucien Lelong
French, 1889-1958
Coat, 1927
Silk; voided velvet,
fur collar

Gift of
Dr. Louis J. Cella, Jr.
1991.169.8

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