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Fashion Plate

30 May 1847 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two women at a window in an interior, one in a yellow flounced dress with a blue mantle and pink bonnet, the other in a white muslin dress trimmed with lace with a pink sash. A striped shawl thrown over an armchair.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
Two women's day dresses. French, 30 May 1847. From an unknown publication.
Physical description
Two women at a window in an interior, one in a yellow flounced dress with a blue mantle and pink bonnet, the other in a white muslin dress trimmed with lace with a pink sash. A striped shawl thrown over an armchair.
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
Collection
Accession number
E.22396:529-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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