c1907-1920 Mariano Fortuny Pleated Muted Raspberry Silk Gown designer-adele-simpson There is minor fading on

There is minor fading on the top of each shoulder where the blue of the sequins and print has softened to a more purple tone

For the length of her career

One small area of missing beads on one row on the left front shoulder

A hand written tag on the back of the pant tag

c1907-1920 Mariano Fortuny Pleated Muted Raspberry Silk Gown designer-adele-simpson There is minor fading onSimilar Fortuny gowns are held in museums and private collections world wide and they are becoming increasingly hard to find. A version in green is a part of the permanent collection at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (pictured). The description of that gown is so wonderful I thought I would share it with you here verbatim: "Mariano Fortuny created a number of variations of his pleated silk gowns. In this model, he combined