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Roberto Cavalli

ca. 1974 · leather · Costume Institute

Roberto Cavalli showed his first line in 1972 and quickly gained attention for his patented process of printing leather as well as his patchwork designs. This early example of his work exhibits both in a whimsical fairy tale design on pieced leather.

Artist

Roberto Cavalli

Date

ca. 1974

Medium

leather

Culture

Italian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Kay Kerr Uebel, 1987