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Costumes Allemands et Francois

Fashion Plate
1817 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured fashion plate showing two women's dresses. On the left, a ballgown or dance dress with green leaf pattern and flowers, the long gloves trimmed with lace to match the neck frill. On the right, a simple blue walking day dress with spencer style bodice and matching blue bonnet

Object details

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Object type
TitleCostumes Allemands et Francois (series title)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
Two women in a ball gown and a day dress. Costumes Allemands et Francois. French, 1817
Physical description
Hand-coloured fashion plate showing two women's dresses. On the left, a ballgown or dance dress with green leaf pattern and flowers, the long gloves trimmed with lace to match the neck frill. On the right, a simple blue walking day dress with spencer style bodice and matching blue bonnet
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.22396:158-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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