Pierrots & Pierrettes Fin de Siécle
Fashion Plate
c.1890s (published)
c.1890s (published)
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A family of four shown at a party, all dressed in black and white Pierrot and Pierrette costumes. From left to right, a young girl in a black dress, ruff, cap and stockings, with white pierrot figures appliqued to the dress skirt; a young boy in traditional Pierrot tunic and trousers with pompons, a man in a black satin evening suit with knee breeches, his face painted white and wearing a black satin cap and white pompons as shirt studs, and a woman in a female version of the man's coat and shirt, with a large ruff and a white skirt trimmed with draping and white pompons rather than knee breeches.
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Title | Pierrots & Pierrettes Fin de Siécle (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | hand-coloured lithograph |
Brief description | Pierrots et Pierrettes. A family dressed as Pierrots and Pierrettes, shown at a fancy dress ball. Signed B.C. Fashion plate from Le Coquet, Paris, c.1890. |
Physical description | A family of four shown at a party, all dressed in black and white Pierrot and Pierrette costumes. From left to right, a young girl in a black dress, ruff, cap and stockings, with white pierrot figures appliqued to the dress skirt; a young boy in traditional Pierrot tunic and trousers with pompons, a man in a black satin evening suit with knee breeches, his face painted white and wearing a black satin cap and white pompons as shirt studs, and a woman in a female version of the man's coat and shirt, with a large ruff and a white skirt trimmed with draping and white pompons rather than knee breeches. |
Credit line | Given by the House of Worth |
Object history | This print is part of a very large collection of reference material including fashion plates, engravings, original drawings and illustrations that were collected by the fashion design house of Paquin at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. Many bear the stamp of Paquin's archivist at the time. They were acquired by the V&A in 1957 when, following the closure of the combined houses of Paquin and Worth, the Worth/Paquin archives and design books were donated to the Museum. |
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.22397:67-1957 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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