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Fashion Design

1912-14 (made)
Artist/Maker
Paul Poiret (designed for)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Design for a stage costume or fashionable dress


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Fashion
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Fashion design
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
H.M. for Paul Poiret. Design for stage-costume, or for fashionable dress, c.1914, inspired by the designs of Bakst for "Scheherazad"
Physical description
Design for a stage costume or fashionable dress
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6875in
  • Width: 7in
Object history
Note by Mr. Huntly Carter - "When I was in Paris in 1917, I asked Bakst if he could tell me where I could get illustrations of the influence of the Russian Ballet on fashions in costume, furniture, & c. He told me that Poiret had made drawings of costumes actually worn in 'Scheherazad' and 'Cleopatra' in order to set a Russian Ballet fashion. . . . . Subsequently I saw Poiret at his big workshop in the rue St Honoré. At my request he gave me the two drawings which he explained had been made from the costumes actually worn by the Russian Ballet dancers . . . the signature means that they were done by one of the artist's designers by whom he was surrounded at the time."'
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1933, London: Printed under the Authority of the Board of Education 1934
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1123-1933

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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