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Fashion Design

1889 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This drawing is a design for a fashionable evening or dinner dress dated 1889 in a pale yellow-green silk with light green draping, bustle and bodice, and contrasting dark green underskirt panel, belt and cuffs. It is one of a small group of six fashion designs dated 1889 and stamped with the Paquin archival stamp. Two of the designs are also stamped with E. Pasanisi, 24 Boulevard des Capucines. E. Pasanisi is probably the designer responsible for the designs, which may have been created for their own business or designed for sale to another fashion house. As 1889 predates the founding of the fashion house of Paquin in February 1891 by Isidore Paquin as a wedding gift for his new bride, Jeanne, these designs may have been made up by Isidore's earlier business, 'Paquin Lalanne et Cie', which was hosted at the same premises as Paquin would be, at 3 rue de la Paix. This would explain how these designs came to be in the Paquin archive.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
pencil drawing with watercolour
Brief description
E. Pasanisi. Design for an evening dress in pale yellow and light green draped silk with contrasting underskirt panel, belt and cuffs in dark green. Pencil drawing and watercolour. Paris, dated 1889.
Physical description
Design for an evening dress in pale yellow and light green draped silk with contrasting underskirt panel, belt and cuffs in dark green. 1 of six fashion designs dated 1889.
Credit line
Given by the House of Worth
Summary
This drawing is a design for a fashionable evening or dinner dress dated 1889 in a pale yellow-green silk with light green draping, bustle and bodice, and contrasting dark green underskirt panel, belt and cuffs. It is one of a small group of six fashion designs dated 1889 and stamped with the Paquin archival stamp. Two of the designs are also stamped with E. Pasanisi, 24 Boulevard des Capucines. E. Pasanisi is probably the designer responsible for the designs, which may have been created for their own business or designed for sale to another fashion house. As 1889 predates the founding of the fashion house of Paquin in February 1891 by Isidore Paquin as a wedding gift for his new bride, Jeanne, these designs may have been made up by Isidore's earlier business, 'Paquin Lalanne et Cie', which was hosted at the same premises as Paquin would be, at 3 rue de la Paix. This would explain how these designs came to be in the Paquin archive.
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.22396:28-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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