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Woman's caftan
Woman's caftan

Woman's caftan

Thea Porter (English (born in Jerusalem), 1927–2000)
Giorgio Beverly Hills
about 1969
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave (chiffon), resist dyed and embroidered with sequins; silk plain weave with discontinuous patterning wefts
DimensionsCenter back: 137 cm (53 15/16 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number2010.332
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 2010, private collection, Beverly Hills [see note 1]; 2010, sold by private collection to Cameron Silver of Decades, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; 2010, sold by Decades tothe MFA. (Accession date: May 19, 2010)

NOTES:
[1] According to e-mail correspondance from Silver, it was purchased from a Beverly Hills woman's estate.