Jacket

This evening jacket of beaded lamé has colourful Egyptian-type motifs, in shades of blue, green, black, pink and cream. It was probably made in France about 1923. It is square in shape, with a deep 'V' front opening. Its three-quarter sleeves are slightly flared towards the wrists. Howard Carter's discovery of Tuthankamun's tomb in 1922 prompted a fashion for Egyptian designs.

Jacket · Paris · 1923. Hand-beaded lamé. By Unknown. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.