Fashion Plate
c.1862 (published)
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Hand-coloured engraving showing two women in day and evening dresses in an interior. In the background is an ornate pier table with a mirror above, with two vases and a casket on it. On the left is a black day dress with yellow waistcoat effect bodice and white hat with integrated snood and red flower. On the right, an evening gown with low-cut bodice in blue satin with a white overskirt swagged and caught up with ribbon bows and further trimmed with ruching, with a matching blue satin miniature tricorn hat.
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Materials and techniques | hand-coloured engraving |
Brief description | Jules David and Réville. Day and evening dresses by R. Lhopiteau and Pauline Conter, Paris, published in Le Moniteur des Dames et des Demoiselles, c.1862 |
Physical description | Hand-coloured engraving showing two women in day and evening dresses in an interior. In the background is an ornate pier table with a mirror above, with two vases and a casket on it. On the left is a black day dress with yellow waistcoat effect bodice and white hat with integrated snood and red flower. On the right, an evening gown with low-cut bodice in blue satin with a white overskirt swagged and caught up with ribbon bows and further trimmed with ruching, with a matching blue satin miniature tricorn hat. |
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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.22396:484-1957 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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