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Albani

Fashion Design
late 1902 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Albani', (possibly for Emma Albani) modéle 5. Purple pencil drawing of a day dress with tucked skirt and assymetrically fastening bodice. One of a group of 49 fashion designs bound in a volume of Paquin designs for Winter 1902. Most in pencil with some ink and watercolour, some with names, details, and fabric swatches attached.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Albani (assigned by artist)
  • Hiver 1902 (named collection)
Materials and techniques
drawing
Brief description
Jeanne Paquin. Hiver 1902. 'Albani', (possibly for Emma Albani), modéle 5. Purple pencil drawing of a day dress with tucked skirt and assymetrically fastening bodice.
Physical description
'Albani', (possibly for Emma Albani) modéle 5. Purple pencil drawing of a day dress with tucked skirt and assymetrically fastening bodice. One of a group of 49 fashion designs bound in a volume of Paquin designs for Winter 1902. Most in pencil with some ink and watercolour, some with names, details, and fabric swatches attached.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 36cm
  • Page width: 29cm
Credit line
Given by the House of Worth
Object history
Although the name is inscribed on the sketch in such a way as to suggest this is the model name, 'Albani' may indicate that this dress was designed for Emma Albani (1847–1930), an internationally renowned opera singer.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Accession number
E.561-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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