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Fashion Plate

c.1859 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two women and a young girl in an interior. The girl to the right in a white confirmation dress and veil, behind her a woman in a pale lilac dress with a flounced skirt trimmed with black frills, white engageantes and a black lace bonnet trimmed with magenta ribbons, and behind them, a woman in a green dress and black-ground shawl checking her reflection in a pier glass. Also in the background are an upholstered armchair, a vase, a candelabrum and a curtain.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
Jules David and Bonnard. Two women's day dresses and a girl's confirmation dress and veil. French, c.1859. Published in Le Journal des Dames et des Demoiselles
Physical description
Two women and a young girl in an interior. The girl to the right in a white confirmation dress and veil, behind her a woman in a pale lilac dress with a flounced skirt trimmed with black frills, white engageantes and a black lace bonnet trimmed with magenta ribbons, and behind them, a woman in a green dress and black-ground shawl checking her reflection in a pier glass. Also in the background are an upholstered armchair, a vase, a candelabrum and a curtain.
Credit line
Given by the House of Worth
Object history
This print is part of a very large collection of reference material including fashion plates, engravings, original drawings and illustrations that were collected by the fashion design house of Paquin at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. Many bear the stamp of Paquin's archivist at the time. They were acquired by the V&A in 1957 when, following the closure of the combined houses of Paquin and Worth, the Worth/Paquin archives and design books were donated to the Museum.
Associated object
E.22396:486-1957 (Duplicate)
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.22396:485-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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