sete a fitte pieghe

English translation: densely pleated silk

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Italian term or phrase:sete a fitte pieghe
English translation:densely pleated silk
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16:06 Feb 29, 2016
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Italian term or phrase: sete a fitte pieghe
Please note this goes together as one term, re nineteenth century art many thanks

Fortuny è il rappresentante per eccellenza del wagnerismo dannunziano: figlio d’arte, figura eclettica, pittore e designer, da un lato è in continuità con l’Ottocento, dall’altro inventa proprio nel 1900 un nuovo sistema per l’illuminazione teatrale e poi sperimenta con i tessuti.
Si ispira alla collezione di tessuti antichi del padre, riprende motivi rinascimentali e orientali per realizzare magnifici velluti, al modo di William Morris, o stampa su stoffa motivi persiani, africani, orientali, ed è poi interprete di una leggerezza tutta liberty nelle sete a fitte pieghe con cui crea nel 1907 gli abiti Delphos (che hanno differenti modelli, ispirati sia alla tunica dell’Auriga di Delfi, che alle statue di korai greche, che al chitone greco e spesso sono trattenuti da lacci con perline in vetro).
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Local time: 15:25
densely pleated silk
Explanation:
fitte=dense

The skirt is densely pleated except for two sections at either edge.'00 A Ming dynasty skirt, now in the Zhenjiang Museum in Jiangsu Province, is made of red silk ..

This magnificent, densely pleated gown with fashionable puff and hanging sleeves was worn by the Elector Moritz of Saxony (1521-1553).

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finely pleated silk


Explanation:
The Delphos gown was a finely pleated silk dress first created in about 1907 by Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949) and made until about 1950.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphos_gown

Fiona Grace Peterson
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densely pleated silk


Explanation:
fitte=dense

The skirt is densely pleated except for two sections at either edge.'00 A Ming dynasty skirt, now in the Zhenjiang Museum in Jiangsu Province, is made of red silk ..

This magnificent, densely pleated gown with fashionable puff and hanging sleeves was worn by the Elector Moritz of Saxony (1521-1553).

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-02-29 18:05:40 GMT)
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or silkS (you can use the plural here too)


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Lisa Jane
Italy
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agree  Jessica D Eath
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