A TIZIANI BLACK VELVET 'SCORPIO' EVENING CAPE
Lot 347 The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor

A TIZIANI BLACK VELVET 'SCORPIO' EVENING CAPE

LABELED 'TIZIANI ROMA', 1968-1969

Closed14 December 2011

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USD 60,000

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A TIZIANI BLACK VELVET 'SCORPIO' EVENING CAPE
LABELED 'TIZIANI ROMA', 1968-1969
embroidered with a pair of diamanté scorpions to the front and one to the hood, lined with ivory moiré grosgrain silk

Specialist note

Worn to Princess Grace of Monaco's fortieth birthday 'Scorpio' ball on November 15, 1969. Scorpio was the Princess' birth sign, and although Miss Taylor was herself a Pisces, she was invited as the wife of a Scorpio, Richard Burton.

At this time, Karl Lagerfeld was Tiziani's freelance designer, and this cape may well be one of his designs.