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Timor

Fashion Design
late 1949 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Twelve fashion designs on a single sheet:
1) 'Timor.' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket and interestingly folded peplum, striated green and black pattern.
2) 'Rurutu (?)' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket and interestingly folded peplum, purple-wine red colour.
3) 'Mahé.' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket, embroidered cuffs.
4) 'Minorque.' Olive green dress with full skirt.
5) 'Chatham.' Cocoa brown hobble-skirted dress with black fringe.
6) 'Cayman.' Asymmetrically swathed and draped pencil-skirted dress in damson purple and beige shot silk, cowl neckline pulled one way and skirt pulled opposite direction into large ruffled swathe.
7) 'Gin.' Pale grey sheath dress with off-the-shoulder neckiline, long sleeve, hobble skirt, and dramatic swathe at hip.
8) 'Exhuma.' Pencil-skirted hobble dress with swathed and draped peplum with bustle drape.
9) 'Baby.' Pencil-skirted hobble dress with flared hips.
10) 'Flores.' Draped hobble dress, appears to be bicoloured white and black with alternating colours on bodice but this may be the drawing style.
11) 'Kiri.' Pencil-skirted dress with pocket flaps, princess seamed bodice and halterneck draping at neck.
12) 'Corse.' Dress with jacket collad and lapels and large pocket flaps.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Timor (assigned by artist)
  • Rurutu (assigned by artist)
  • Mahé (assigned by artist)
  • Minorque (assigned by artist)
  • Chatham (assigned by artist)
  • Cayman (assigned by artist)
  • Gin (assigned by artist)
  • Exhuma (assigned by artist)
  • Baby (assigned by artist)
  • Flores (assigned by artist)
  • Kiri (assigned by artist)
  • Corse (assigned by artist)
  • Hiver 1949-50 (series title)
Materials and techniques
pen and ink and watercolour
Brief description
Lou Claverie for Paquin. Twelve fashion designs on a single sheet:
1) 'Timor.' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket and interestingly folded peplum, striated green and black pattern.
2) 'Rurutu (?)' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket and interestingly folded peplum, purple-wine red colour.
3) 'Mahé.' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket, embroidered cuffs.
4) 'Minorque.' Olive green dress with full skirt.
5) 'Chatham.' Cocoa brown hobble-skirted dress with black fringe.
6) 'Cayman.' Asymmetrically swathed and draped pencil-skirted dress in damson purple and beige shot silk, cowl neckline pulled one way and skirt pulled opposite direction into large ruffled swathe.
7) 'Gin.' Pale grey sheath dress with off-the-shoulder neckiline, long sleeve, hobble skirt, and dramatic swathe at hip.
8) 'Exhuma.' Pencil-skirted hobble dress with swathed and draped peplum with bustle drape.
9) 'Baby.' Pencil-skirted hobble dress with flared hips.
10) 'Flores.' Draped hobble dress, appears to be bicoloured white and black with alternating colours on bodice but this may be the drawing style.
11) 'Kiri.' Pencil-skirted dress with pocket flaps, princess seamed bodice and halterneck draping at neck.
12) 'Corse.' Dress with jacket collad and lapels and large pocket flaps.
One of thirteen sheets each showing multiple fashion designs for Fall-Winter 1949-50.
Physical description
Twelve fashion designs on a single sheet:
1) 'Timor.' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket and interestingly folded peplum, striated green and black pattern.
2) 'Rurutu (?)' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket and interestingly folded peplum, purple-wine red colour.
3) 'Mahé.' Pencil-skirt suit with fitted jacket, embroidered cuffs.
4) 'Minorque.' Olive green dress with full skirt.
5) 'Chatham.' Cocoa brown hobble-skirted dress with black fringe.
6) 'Cayman.' Asymmetrically swathed and draped pencil-skirted dress in damson purple and beige shot silk, cowl neckline pulled one way and skirt pulled opposite direction into large ruffled swathe.
7) 'Gin.' Pale grey sheath dress with off-the-shoulder neckiline, long sleeve, hobble skirt, and dramatic swathe at hip.
8) 'Exhuma.' Pencil-skirted hobble dress with swathed and draped peplum with bustle drape.
9) 'Baby.' Pencil-skirted hobble dress with flared hips.
10) 'Flores.' Draped hobble dress, appears to be bicoloured white and black with alternating colours on bodice but this may be the drawing style.
11) 'Kiri.' Pencil-skirted dress with pocket flaps, princess seamed bodice and halterneck draping at neck.
12) 'Corse.' Dress with jacket collad and lapels and large pocket flaps.
Dimensions
  • Height: 65cm
  • Width: 50cm
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
Accession number
E.21308-1957

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