Lot Essay
For a similar example with sleeves, see catalogue number 25 from exhibition catalogue, "Mariano Fortuny 1871-1949", Österreichischen Museum Für Angewandte Kunst, 1985
Details
A mantle of light blue velvet stencilled in gilt with Coptic, Persian and Greek inspired motifs including trees of life, lined in peach silk, labelled in the nape Mariano Fortuny, Venise