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Alanis

Fashion Design
late 1899 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Alanis'. Afternoon or reception dress, black silk taffeta and velvet with a yellow and black striped bolero jacket with applied motifs of lace. One of a group of 60 fashion designs bound in a volume of Paquin designs for Winter 1897. Most in pen and ink with touches of watercolour, some with names, details, and fabric swatches attached.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Alanis (assigned by artist)
  • Hiver 1899 (series title)
Materials and techniques
pen and ink drawing with some watercolour
Brief description
Jeanne Paquin, Winter 1899. 'Alanis'. Afternoon or reception dress, black silk taffeta and velvet with a yellow and black striped bolero jacket with applied motifs of lace.
Physical description
'Alanis'. Afternoon or reception dress, black silk taffeta and velvet with a yellow and black striped bolero jacket with applied motifs of lace. One of a group of 60 fashion designs bound in a volume of Paquin designs for Winter 1897. Most in pen and ink with touches of watercolour, some with names, details, and fabric swatches attached.
Dimensions
  • Width: 24cm
  • Height: 32cm
Mounted on cardboard measuring 36.5cm by 30cm approximately.
Credit line
Given by the House of Worth
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.287-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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