Early 20th Century Fashion

Circa 1920-1930 Italy - Venice Ample winter coat for the evening in green-yellow velvet printed with gold and silver woodblock and signed Mariano Fortuny Venice...

Mariano Fortuny blue silk pleated Delphos dress is featured in blue china silk pleated in Fortuny's lost technique, complete with a printed belt. Mario Fortuny...

Mariano Fortuny blue stenciled burnout Velvet jacket is featured in blue silk velvet with a stenciled custom designed motif inspired by islamic art with a tie closure at neckline. Mariano Fortuny Venice label in tact. Made in Italy, Fabric in Italy, Fortuny Depose. Good to Fair condition with moderate wear, yellowing and fading. Please see photos. Matching Delphos Dress...

Circa 1915/1925 Venice Italy A velvet evening coat or jacket with long sleeves and crossed in front. Wooden block printed deep bronze green velvet with golden architectural motifs. ...

Circa 1915/1925 Italy / France Sleeveless dress in milky coffee silk pongee, finely pleated model "Delphos", by the famous Venetian couturier who dressed the social and artistic elite after the First World War. Side trimmings and shoulder in fine cream and dark brown Murano beads connected by a light brown cotton cord. Printed on the inside edge of one shoulder, the label indicates "Mariano Fortuny Venice". Perfect condition of color and conservation. Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871 - 1949), of Spanish origin designs opera, before settling in Venice in the Palazzo Orfei in 1889. In Paris in 1910, he patented a dyeing and printing system on fabrics, then a type of wavy pleated garment for women, the Delphos dress...

1915/1925 Venise Italy A short kaftan coat with kimono sleeves in mandarin silk velvet. Gold printing of large cartridges with stylized floral decoration....

Circa 1920/1930 Italy Huge pair of complete curtains printed with light green and silver tones from the famous Venetian designer, Mariano Fortuny, from the Art Deco period. Block Pr...

Very rare, red cochineal dyed, silk gauze printed jacket with ancient middle eastern "Tree of Life" motif including meandering vines borders designed by Mariano Fortuny dating to the...

Mariano Fortuny Rare Saffron Gold Stenciled Velvet Evening Jacket Label at neck, Original silk lining Excellent condition, some fraying to neck o...

Circa 1920 Italy Anthracite silk Delphos dress by Venetian couturier Mariano Fortuny. One piece dress finely pleated, made using a technique still unmatched today. Attached by dark b...

jet black pleated silk 'Delphos' gown with Venetian striped glass beads and stamped gold silk belt from Mariano Fortuny dating to the 1920's. Adjustable drawstring at neckline. Fits ...

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, was born in Spain, he opened his couture house in 1906 closing in 1946...Fortuny was a fabric alchemist transforming fine silks and velvets via gold and si...