Cléo
Fashion Design
mid 1897 (made)
mid 1897 (made)
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'Cléo'. Afternoon dress of richly textured black lace, the skirt and bodice cutaway to reveal a pale blue underskirt and high necked bodice infill with touches of lilac ribbon. Deep blue waistband accented with a blue flower at the front of the bodice. 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. 'Cléo'. Black lace afternoon dress with pale blue underdress and deep blue waistband. |
| Physical description | 'Cléo'. Afternoon dress of richly textured black lace, the skirt and bodice cutaway to reveal a pale blue underskirt and high necked bodice infill with touches of lilac ribbon. Deep blue waistband accented with a blue flower at the front of the bodice. 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 |
| Object history | Fashion note: This is an attractive drawing, fully coloured and worked. The combination of richly textured black lace opening in front to reveal a pale blue underskirt, high necked pale blue blouse with bands of lilac accenting the choker collar, and vivid blue waistband with a blue flower at the waist is a very typical design for Jeanne Paquin, showing her appreciation of fabric, colour, and subtle, understated detail to create a very graceful, elegant afternoon dress showing unusual but unobtrusive use of colour and appreciation of femininity. - Daniel Milford-Cottam, February 2012 |
| 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.30-1957 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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