Marie Antoinette in Pink — Hand-Embroidered Fashion Portrait

Description

Marie Antoinette gets a thoroughly modern wardrobe.

This one-of-a-kind textile artwork combines an 18th-century portrait of Marie Antoinette with bold contemporary hand embroidery. Her historical dress has been replaced by a wonderfully unexpected hot-pink turtleneck sweater, complete with exaggerated sleeves and a hand-stitched monogram across the front.

The humor comes from the collision of two very different fashion languages: the carefully constructed royal image of an 18th-century queen and the casual, graphic knitwear of the modern wardrobe.

Marie Antoinette remains one of fashion history’s most recognizable figures. Dress played an important role in the construction of her public identity, making her an ideal subject for a piece that asks what happens when we quite literally redress history.

The richly textured embroidery extends beyond the printed portrait, giving the sweater a sculptural quality that contrasts with the flat historical image.

Displayed in a decorative wood-look oval embroidery hoop, the piece is ready to hang.

Details

• Original, one-of-a-kind textile artwork
• Marie Antoinette portrait printed on fabric
• Garment embroidered entirely by hand
• Dimensional hot-pink embroidery
• Hand-stitched monogram detail
• Decorative oval embroidery hoop
• Approximately 7″ × 6″
• Ready to hang
• Handmade by Ricamo Strano

Perfect for collectors of Marie Antoinette, fashion history, feminist art, historical portraiture, maximalist décor, textile art, and quirky contemporary embroidery.

This is an original hand-embroidered artwork, not a reproduction.