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This "robe" is particularly Viennese in inspiration with its abstract flowers arranged in a tight grid. It is especially easy in this "robe" to see the outline of the chemise dress into which it would have been sewn in the Tirocchi shop.

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French maker
"Robe," ca. 1926
Silk; velvet, embroidered
with glass beads and bosses

Gift of L. J. Cella III
1990.129.40a


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