Schiaparelli Haute Couture

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Description

Schiaparelli Haute Couture
Important Haute Couture Pine Cone Necklace made by Jean Schlumberger for Schiaparelli
Cold-painted bronze, lame, black velvet

Exhibited

Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Shocking!" The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli, 2003-04
Paris, Musée de la Mode, Union Centrale des Arts Decoratif

Condition

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Catalogue Note

illustrate Ceceil Beaton's photograph of a Schiaparelli 1938 look from "Circus" collection, photographed in the late 1960's.