Coco Chanel and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna | Story of a Fruitful Collaboration

What’s the connection between Coco Chanel and the Romanov family? In the 1920s, Gabrielle Chanel collaborated with Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Two women with not much in common found themselves united around a common passion, embroidery. In their lecture, Albertini and Kurkdjian talked about Coco Chanel, Maria Pavlovna, and the famous Kitmir atelier. They also showed the embroidery samples preserved since the workshop closed in 1929. 💗 DONATE (All donations made by Dec. 31 will be matched up to $50,000): ✉️ JOIN our email list: 📢 SIGN UP for our next lecture: ▶ YOUTUBE: ▶ FACEBOOK: ▶ INSTAGRAM: This lecture, titled “The Russian Embroideries of Mademoiselle Chanel,“ is part of the Russian History Museum’s “Second Saturday“ online lecture series. It was presented on December 9, 2023.