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Escamillo

Fashion Design
mid 1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Paquin Ltd (designed for)
Paquin, Jeanne (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

'Escamillo' and a modified version of 'Newski'. Black and white lace and tulle evening bodice (Escamillo) with pink and white roses, and bodice to a day dress (Newski modifié) in blue and white stripes with brown mink fur accents at the shoulder. 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.


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Designs
Womenswear
Clothing
Drawings
Object type
Fashion design
Titles
  • Escamillo (assigned by artist)
  • Newski (assigned by artist)
  • Hiver 1897 (series title)
Materials and techniques
pen and ink drawing with some watercolour
Pen and Ink and Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Jeanne Paquin, Winter 1897. 'Escamillo' and 'Newski'. Designs for a black evening dress (Escamillo) trimmed with pink and a day bodice (Newski) of pale blue and white with fur trimming.
Physical description
'Escamillo' and a modified version of 'Newski'. Black and white lace and tulle evening bodice (Escamillo) with pink and white roses, and bodice to a day dress (Newski modifié) in blue and white stripes with brown mink fur accents at the shoulder. 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.
Dimensions
  • Drawing height: 31cm (average)
  • Drawing width: 24cm
Mounted on cardboard measuring 36.5cm by 28cm.
Marks and inscriptions
  • robe de bal en tulle w/ satin et corsage brodé d'un tuillere de freis avec gros motifs bouillonnes tulle of roses jaune et rose motifs en juis en le jupe. (Inscribed above the sketch for the evening dress in semi-legible writing. It indicates that the evening dress is of tulle and satin, embroidered with a trellis design and trimmed with large rose motifs.)
  • Mme Boudue. drap Lévres breis(?) satin guipure brise et vison. (Inscribed above the sketch for the day dress in semi-legible writing. It indicates that the day dress is of satin trimmed with lace and mink.)
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.39-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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