Fashion Plate
1836 (published)
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Front and back views of a wedding dress with large sleeves and low cut neckline, the shoulders covered with an embroidered muslin tucker tucked into the neckline. Shown in an ecclesiastical interior, the woman shown from the back kneeling before an altar on which part of a gold candlestick can be seen along with the frame of a picture which faintly shows a kneeling woman reading a Bible (possibly the Annunciation)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | hand-coloured engraving |
| Brief description | Front and back views of a wedding dress and veil by Mme Gagelin, with hairstyle by M. Vasseur. Hand-coloured engraving from Le Miroir des Dames, 1836. |
| Physical description | Front and back views of a wedding dress with large sleeves and low cut neckline, the shoulders covered with an embroidered muslin tucker tucked into the neckline. Shown in an ecclesiastical interior, the woman shown from the back kneeling before an altar on which part of a gold candlestick can be seen along with the frame of a picture which faintly shows a kneeling woman reading a Bible (possibly the Annunciation) |
| 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.22396:368-1957 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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