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Fashion Design

late 1910s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red chalk drawing showing a woman in a mid-calf length, full-skirted silk taffeta evening dress with fur around the hem, the skirt overlaid with a filmy overskirt of white lace that comes up at the sides, trimmed with garlands of flowers, white lace also trims the neckline. White ostrich feather fan with a very large transparent white tulle bow attached. The white elements are drawn in white chalk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Coloured chalks, ink and other media on toned paper
Brief description
Jules de Ban, possibly for Lucile Ltd. Design for an evening dress, late 1910s. Red and white chalk.
Physical description
Red chalk drawing showing a woman in a mid-calf length, full-skirted silk taffeta evening dress with fur around the hem, the skirt overlaid with a filmy overskirt of white lace that comes up at the sides, trimmed with garlands of flowers, white lace also trims the neckline. White ostrich feather fan with a very large transparent white tulle bow attached. The white elements are drawn in white chalk.
Dimensions
  • Average size of sheets in set height: 41.9cm
  • Average size of sheets in set width: 27.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'de Ban' (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.2943-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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