c1907-1920 Mariano Fortuny Pleated Muted Raspberry Silk Gown designer-adele-simpson / (4) Photographed for Factice

/   (4) Photographed for Factice Magazine

There is minor fading on the top of each shoulder where the blue of the sequins and print has softened to a more purple tone

The scarf is a long rectangle and the butterfly there sits half on one side and half on the opposite

100% wool and I see no size tag - this would fit a variety of sizes

I love these Malcolm Starr pieces - they really are works of art and the best of the sixties/seventies arts and crafts movement

c1907-1920 Mariano Fortuny Pleated Muted Raspberry Silk Gown designer-adele-simpson / (4) Photographed for FacticeSimilar Fortuny gowns are held in museums and private collections world wide and they are becoming increasingly hard to find. A version in green is a part of the permanent collection at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (pictured). The description of that gown is so wonderful I thought I would share it with you here verbatim: "Mariano Fortuny created a number of variations of his pleated silk gowns. In this model, he combined