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Fashion and textile designs: plate 9 (illustration)
Sonia Delaunay · [1925]
Fashion design illustration
Sonia Delaunay
- Geometric textiles
- Color abstraction
- Artistic dress
Sonia Delaunay carried her experiments with contrasting color into textiles, dress and stage costume. After returning to Paris in 1921, she developed embroidered garments, printed fabrics and designs for film.
Five designs to know
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Embroidered coat
1924
The coat is entirely embroidered with geometric bands in subtle beige, brown and brick-colored gradients, using the technique registered as point du jour.
© Stanislas Wolff / Palais Galliera / Paris Musées
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Dress fabric
1925-1927 · V&A collection
Screen-printed silk organza
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Cléopâtre stage costume
1918 · V&A collection
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Dress fabric
1925-1927 · V&A collection
Printed
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Dress fabric
1925-1927 · V&A collection
Printed
©Victoria & Albert Museum, LondonArchive pieces, grouped by date
2 pieces[1925]
1 piece · Season not recorded
1924
1 piece · Season not recorded
Embroidered coat
Sonia Delaunay · 1924
Museum photograph
About Sonia Delaunay
Her Simultané trademark was registered in 1925, making clothing part of an artistic practice that moved freely between painting and everyday life.