Textiles and Dress

Delphos gown

The Delphos gown is a finely pleated silk dress first created in about 1907 by French designer Henriette Negrin (1877–1965) and her husband, Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949). Negrin was the designer; Fortuny filed the patent for the manufacturing method in his own name, while crediting her in the application. They produced the gowns until about 1950. It was inspired by, and named after, a classical Greek statue, the Charioteer of Delphi. Since the 1970s, these gowns have been desirable and collectable pieces of vintage clothing, with one selling for $10,000 in December 2001, and a record setting $18,750 at Augusta Auctions in December 2025.

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• ▸Bodice
• ▸Cullompton
• ▸Bocksten Man

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