The 555 Artworks of media Silk and containing the word seki shūkō, silk, 1900

An abstract image was created on this coat as if it were a canvas, however, it was totally executed by embroidery. The couching stitches hold vertical wool yarns with silk threads in place to produce the image. Sonia Delaunay, who started her activities as a painter in the 1900s, also designed a wid...

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The collection of 79 pieces, selected by Pietro Maria Bardi (1900–1999), the museum’s founding director, was donated in 1972 by Rhodia. The French chemical manufacturer promoted its synthetic fabrics in Brazil through fashion spectacles, collections and press articles, according to a strategy devise...

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The collection of 79 pieces, selected by Pietro Maria Bardi (1900–1999), the museum’s founding director, was donated in 1972 by Rhodia. The French chemical manufacturer promoted its synthetic fabrics in Brazil through fashion spectacles, collections and press articles, according to a strategy devise...

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The famous Chinese poet Su Dongpo (Su Shi, 1037–1101) of the Song dynasty and three richly clad women stand in a space filled with the ideal accoutrements and furnishings of a scholar-gentleman: carved bookcases littered with books, flowers, and ornamental objects, small tables displaying more decor...

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The origin myth of how Murasaki Shikibu composed the tale says that she began with Chapters 12 and 13, “Exile to Suma” and “The Lady at Akashi,” and here paintings of those chapters flank the central image of the author. The three separate scrolls are presented as sharing the same moon and shoreline...

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The dress was made of rayon jersey, treated in bias cut to fit around the body. The surrounding sash has the effect of highlighting the sleek body. The dress is from Madeleine Vionnet/

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In 1928, when Elizabeth Hawes opened her salon in New York City, American women looked to Paris for couture garments, and American designers were copying the designs of the French couturiers. Hawes, however, constructed her designs to fit her clients/

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A-line, floor-length Evening dress in black silk gazar; round neckline; 3/4 length flared raglan sleeves; center front and back seams; tightly pleated bias-cut white organza ruffle at sleeve openings and hem; organza bow at apex; center back zipper closure; black silk lining. Label, in ink on twill ...

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