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Actions	ladies' evening coat Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberP3831 Titleladies' evening coat Descriptionblack ladies' satin evening coat , thigh-length, with large button inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The high collar can be worn up or down and is fastened at the left shoulder with a single art-deco button. The coat has grosgrain inserts. This elegant coat illustrates the strong Slavic influence evident in design from about 1914 onwards, begun by designers such as Erte and Sonja Delaunay and adopted by Coco Chanel, whose fashion collections drew extensively upon Russian influences during the early 1920s. Production period20th century Object namecoat, evening, ladies' Object category3.3322

Object numberP3831

Titleladies' evening coat

Descriptionblack ladies' satin evening coat , thigh-length, with large button inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The high collar can be worn up or down and is fastened at the left shoulder with a single art-deco button. The coat has grosgrain inserts. This elegant coat illustrates the strong Slavic influence evident in design from about 1914 onwards, begun by designers such as Erte and Sonja Delaunay and adopted by Coco Chanel, whose fashion collections drew extensively upon Russian influences during the early 1920s.

Production period20th century

Object namecoat, evening, ladies'

Object category3.3322

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