Mariano Fortuny Banana Stencilled Velvet Coat, Italy. Photo Vintage Luxury

Fortuny translated the caftan as a loose fitting outer garment, usually made out of silk velvet crepe or gauze the fitted back and open front allowed for elaborate stenciled decoration and venetian bead trim. Pattern: Bellini. Length 50"; Width 42"; Shoulder 20"; Armhole 12". Price contact dealer

The hand stenciling is done with real silver metallic pigments aged to a mellow, burnished color. Fortuny built his stenciled pieces layer upon layer, until he achieved the effect of an old metallic brocade.

Ex collection of fashion icon: Tina Chow

In Guillermo de Osma's book : Fortuny, Mariano Fortuny : his life and work, page 205 shows this very coat.

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