Florida
Fashion Design
mid 1897 (made)
mid 1897 (made)
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'Florida' and 'Silvia'. Two jacket bodices for day dresses. Florida, on the left, a fitted jacket with buttons and wide lapels and collar faced with heavily ribbed or densely pleated fabric. Silvia, on the right, a bodice with four pairs of frogs on the front and turned back lapels. One of a group of 85 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.
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| Materials and Techniques | pen and ink drawing with some watercolour |
| Brief Description | Jeanne Paquin, Winter 1897. 'Florida' and 'Silvia'. Two jacket bodices for day dresses. |
| Physical Description | 'Florida' and 'Silvia'. Two jacket bodices for day dresses. Florida, on the left, a fitted jacket with buttons and wide lapels and collar faced with heavily ribbed or densely pleated fabric. Silvia, on the right, a bodice with four pairs of frogs on the front and turned back lapels. One of a group of 85 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Accession Number | E.53-1957 |
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| record created | June 30, 2009 |
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