Fashion Plate
1837 (published)
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Two women in an interior, wearing a dark purple evening dress trimmed with black lace and a white dress with a black ribbon sash brocaded in colours, both with elaborate flower-dressed hairstyles. One holds the top of a folding firescreen, the other stands before a upholstered stool, and in the background a fireplace and mirror are lightly etched.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | hand-coloured engraving |
| Brief description | Pierre-Numa Bassaget and Jean-Denis Nargeot. Two evening dresses by Mme Oudot-Manoury, hairstyles by Mr. Jouenne, Paris. Hand-coloured engraving from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1837. |
| Physical description | Two women in an interior, wearing a dark purple evening dress trimmed with black lace and a white dress with a black ribbon sash brocaded in colours, both with elaborate flower-dressed hairstyles. One holds the top of a folding firescreen, the other stands before a upholstered stool, and in the background a fireplace and mirror are lightly etched. |
| 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. |
| 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.22396:348-1957 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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