La Fontaine
Fashion Design
early 1898 (designed)
early 1898 (designed)
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'La Fontaine'. Grey afternoon dress, the tucked skirt worn with a bodice trimmed with wide bands of black velvet made to resemble a jacket worn over a pink silk blouse trimmed with lace, pink silk and lace cuffs to the sleeves. One of a group of 53 fashion designs bound in a volume of Paquin designs for town wear for Summer 1897. Most in pen and ink with touches of watercolour, some with names, details, and fabric swatches attached.
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Materials and techniques | Drawing |
Brief description | Jeanne Paquin, Été 1898. 'La Fontaine'. Grey afternoon dress, the tucked skirt worn with a bodice trimmed with wide bands of black velvet made to resemble a jacket worn over a pink silk blouse trimmed with lace, pink silk and lace cuffs to the sleeves. Design for a town dress. |
Physical description | 'La Fontaine'. Grey afternoon dress, the tucked skirt worn with a bodice trimmed with wide bands of black velvet made to resemble a jacket worn over a pink silk blouse trimmed with lace, pink silk and lace cuffs to the sleeves. One of a group of 53 fashion designs bound in a volume of Paquin designs for town wear for Summer 1897. Most in pen and ink with touches of watercolour, some with names, details, and fabric swatches attached. |
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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 |
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Accession number | E.124-1957 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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