Black evening coat with over-sleeves in passementerie The Novelty Circa 1930's

Double-breasted wool coat with pleated sleeves.Cape effect. Silk lining. Fabric covered buttons. Size L

Black cotton and linen double breasted dress-coat. Fabric composition: 49% linen, 51% cotton. Silver metal buttons on the middle front and cuffs. Belt. Pocket on both side. SIZE 40...

Brocade and black satin evening coat. Small black satin roses embellishment. Silk taffetas lining. SIZE 38 (Fr) M

Black silk velvet sleeveless Opera coat with cape. The coat is close with one snap on the top front and the cape is stitched to the coat. Black rayon lining. Ruffles edge on the coa...

A long black Edwardian coat with a gold embroidered Indian motif collar, with faux red and green 'stones'. Slim fitted and long sleeves. Slightly padded shoulders.

In the 1930s when French fashion couturier Jeanne Lanvin (1867-1946) was creating decorative bias-cut silk tulle overlays for her feminine full-skirted sleeveless "robes de style", she designed this black semi-transparent silk-tulle formal jacket featuring diagonally-striped topstitched silk-crepe appliques throughout the bias-cut panels. This sheer geometric-patterned cape-like jacket has a skirt that drapes from an open waistline and a top-fastening bodice with gathered rounded 3/4-length sleeves that each have two arm seams and shirred embroidered cuffs. It could have been the first "swing coat" design that was given that name around 1935, when Lanvin was the "uncontested leader in the haute-couture field"--according to the French Palais Galliera that has collected and exhibited similar garments at its fashion museum in Paris. In New York, TheMet collected a House of Lanvin black evening coat with a similar shape that also features dramatic linear appliques, but in a white starburst that it dates to Spring/Summer 1927. The unprecedented modern look of this Art-Deco women's jacket, which was inspired by 18th-Century French and Spanish topcoats for aristocratic court dresses, may have been good cause for Maison Lanvin to custom-make some close reproductions of a one-of-a-kind couture original for additional clients in Paris, which is implied by the remaining French brand-label noting "Adaptation Jean Lanvin...

Wonderful, chic 1940s vintage opera / duster jacket! Jet black color, with scalloped edges, and intricate crochet cut-out details down the center, at sleeve cuffs, and at neck. Embro...

Long black silk openwork coat from the 1940s. No size nor composition label, it fits a 40FR. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Shoulder width: 45 cm...