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Oscar de la Renta, design label

Woman's Pantsuit, late 1990s

Description

Maker

  • Oscar de la Renta, 1932-2014, Dominican, designer
  • Oscar de la Renta, 1932 - 2014, American, design label

Title

Woman's Pantsuit

Year

late 1990s

Medium

Jacket: Printed silk plain weave, with silk and metallic-wrapped yarn embroidery and coiled metal strip, metal spangle, and rhinestone embellishment

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • metallic wrapped yarn,
  • coiling,
  • metal,
  • rhinestone

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • embroidered,
  • embellishing

Dimensions

Center back length: 76.2 cm (30 inches) (jacket)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Mark Pollack

Object Number

2013.69

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

“Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass"

June 10, 2014 - March 8, 2015

The coordinated fabrics that make up the jacket and trousers of the Oscar de la Renta suit explicitly refer to the exuberant naturalism of late 18th-century silk woven textiles. This circa 1800 Portuguese or Spanish example features vases framed by floral garlands and doves holding olive twigs; such patterns reflect the aristocratic taste for pastoral themes and the idyllic country life, as expressed by the Neoclassical aesthetic style.

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