Curatorial Description

CHANEL · Camellia-Motif Lesage Tweed Ensemble • Mid-2000s Karl Lagerfeld— Exceptionally rare · archival-era collectible · motif echoed again in Fall 2024 — — A 2005 Fall Lagerfeld ensemble that reads like Chanel’s own botanical code preserved in woven form — the camellia not as a decoration, but as grammar — a two-piece relic whose surface carries the house symbol at full volume, decades before its later recapture in the 2024 fall vocabulary // Size mark for both pieces 38 FR / Condition: never worn // — The Ensemble · Two Objects, One Language — • Jacket-coat with an elongated, structured line — architectural and ceremonial, designed to hold the motif with authority. • Matching skirt in the same textile, creating a complete, disciplined set: not “matched,” but composed — Material Authority · Lesage Woven Tweed as Living Relief • Crafted from precious woven Lesage tweed, articulated with voluminous black camellia forms blooming across a grey-black ground • The camellias read as relief — shadowed petals emerging from the weave like an embedded signature, giving the surface a controlled chiaroscuro: floral presence without softness — Hardware · Seals of Identity • CC logo jewel buttons at the front of the jacket-coat — talismanic closures that function as institutional seals • CC logo charm at the skirt waist — a small emblem placed exactly where the silhouette is anchored, like a signed punctuation mark. Inner Architecture • Finished with black silk lining — the inner sanctum that stabilizes drape and confirms this as a fully resolved couture object, not merely a patterned surface.