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Fashion, Room 40

Falbalas et Fanfreluches. Almanach des modes...

Fashion Plate
1921 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour fashion plate depicting a man and a woman standing alongside a gondola with Venice in the distance. The man is placing a cloak over the woman's shoulders.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Falbalas et Fanfreluches. Almanach des modes... (series title)
  • Elle et Lui (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured process engraving
Brief description
'Elle et Lui'. Fashion plate (1 of 40) by George Barbier, colour process engraving, Falbalas et Fanfreluches. Almanach des modes..., Paris, 1921.
Physical description
Colour fashion plate depicting a man and a woman standing alongside a gondola with Venice in the distance. The man is placing a cloak over the woman's shoulders.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.86cm
  • Width: 3.78cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO 1963
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'George Barbier 1921' (Signed)
  • 'France XXe Siecle / Elle et Lui' (Lettered)
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.644-1954

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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