Fortuny Dress - Tan & Green Pattern

Woven Textile

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Fortuny Dress - Tan & Green Pattern

Entry/Object ID

HM-224

Tags

Zalessky Donation

Description

Dress designed by Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo. Green velvet tabard dress with gold pleated silk panels, featuring a continuous gold velvet brocade pattern. Due to shattering of the interior silk lining, we determined that the gown is too fragile to display on a mannequin. The brocade pattern on the green gown is reminiscent of pomegranate designs in silk velvet textiles dating to the fifteenth century. Numerous Renaissance portraits depict noble ladies wearing gowns with similar designs woven in. The pomegranate was one of the most popular symbols in Renaissance art and luxurious fabric designs for several reasons: it symbolizes fertility, it resembles a crown, and it was an edible delicacy reserved only for those who could afford it. A few of Fortuny's fabric designs feature the pomegranate, including "Melagrana" (which literally means "pomegranate" in Italian) and "Gran Battocchio". Donated by Princess Evangeline Zalstem-Zalessky

Collection

Tapestry

Acquisition

Accession

224

Made/Created

Place

Location

Fortuny (Italian)

Notes

Date: 1920-1930

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Provenance

Notes

Donated by Princess Evagline Zalessky possibly 1955-1965

General Notes

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (47)

Note Type

1987-02-05 Renaissance Man exhibition PR (Fortuny dresses), p(1-2)

Note Type

Fortuny Fabric info book

Note Type

1955-08-01 Zalessky permanent loan list, p(1-2)

Note Type

1956-03-21 Enclosure 1 - Zalessky loan values

Note Type

1956-09-08 Zalessky donation list & values