"Apollo of Versailles"

Elsa Schiaparelli

winter 1938–39 · silk, metallic · Costume Institute

In a sui generis gesture to one client, this velvet cape for Lady Mendl refers to her taste for eighteenth-century style and the spectacular, and celebrates the Apollo Founrtain and its proximity to her house in the Parc de Versailles.

Artist

Elsa Schiaparelli

Date

winter 1938–39

Medium

silk, metallic

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Lady Mendl, 1951