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French maker
Harry Angelo Company, importer
American, New York, Paris, Chicago
"Robe," 1929
Silk; plain weave, appliqu�d
and embroidered

Gift of L. J. Cella III
1990.129.37


 

This "robe" with its abstract leaves is as much a collage as those being produced by cubist painters in this period.

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