"Delphos"
ca. 1920
Design credits
Mariano Fortuny · Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin Fortuny — co-designer
Materials
(a) silk, glass, (b) silk, (c) silk
House / label
Fortuny
Collection
ca. 1920
Archive reference
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2018.33a–c
Behind the design
Fine vertical pleats let the silk open and close around the wearer, creating the Delphos gown’s fluid outline. The Met credits Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin Fortuny alongside Mariano Fortuny on this circa-1920 example. The date is approximate and the museum does not identify a collection season.