Evening coat

Giraut-Sirie

ca. 1910 · silk, metal · Costume Institute

The distinctive embroidery pattern on this evening coat is created by hand with laid and overstitched silver cord, a labor intensive process. The design configuration and the coat's construction allude to traditional Middle Eastern robes and is an example of the interest in orientalism at that time.

Artist

Giraut-Sirie

Date

ca. 1910

Medium

silk, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967