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1920s Fortuny Dress featuring Venetian feather beads from "Antiques Roadshow"
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Posted by: AnneLFG Post Reply
04/29/2019, 22:30:47

I was tickled to see some Antique Venetian "feather beads" on a very elegant 1920's Fortuny Delphos Gown as showcased on Antiques Roadshow: Hotel del Coronado Hour 1. The sleek black outfit dates to 1920's, and I think I counted #10 Venetian "Feather beads" adorning it! The Value of the outfit was estimated at between $15,000- $18,000. I always appreciate it when clothing designers incorporate other artistic elements such as beads and metalwork into their designs. I am accustomed to seeing these lamp wound "feather beads" in the context of Native American necklaces mid to late 1800's and not in a High End Outfit! But no matter it ALL looks fine and wonderful and these look great in context!

Antiques Roadshow. Hotel del Coronado Hour One:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/23/san-diego-ca/appraisals/fortuny-delphos-gown-ca-1920--201804A25/

ALBUM from Antiques Roadshow screen Shot- scroll down: https://imgur.com/a/DPstz9O

a href="https://imgur.com/XlV1rKK">

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Posted by: barbcrafter Post Reply
04/30/2019, 11:00:17

very interesting!



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05/25/2019, 19:19:25

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Posted by: AnneLFG Post Reply
06/01/2019, 00:46:53

Thank you JRJ for the additional Venetian Bead Pics!

Found that Blogger Alain R. Truong had done a beautiful job of compiling Photos and other info about Fortuny Clothing and there are some 8 pages of photos- some with close ups of the Venetian Beads.

I have a translate feature that pops upon my Mac as some of it is in French, but if you do not, the photos speak for themselves.

Link: http://www.alaintruong.com/tag/Mariano%20Fortuny

There are many things written about Fortuny and his Wife as they were quite the creative team and very ahead of their time. They brought Women's "Tea Gowns", formerly a very stiff affair, and Formal Dresses for Social Occasions into the Modern Era just at a time when Women were breaking out of the old Social and Political Norms. This You Tube is kinda long but gives a nice overview for anyone interested:

Mariano Fortuny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9KlPLhCG_o

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Posted by: jrj Post Reply
06/01/2019, 11:58:32

The youtube video you referenced was great as was (in its way) the subsequent youtube video showing Anna Chancellor's visit to the Fortuny factory. I had no idea Fortuny was a painter and innovator in theatrical lighting. After seeing the second video, I found that the firm has a website, Fortuny.com. No printed velvets or pleated silk, but make other fabrics, lamps and furniture.



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