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Coeffure en cheveux ornée de fleurs de cardinalia et d'epis d'or, de l'invention de Mr. Albin. Robe de tulle à corsage gallo-grec.

Fashion Plate
1822 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured fashion engraving. Design for a white tulle ball-dress and an elaborate hairstyle both trimmed with cardinal flowers, the hair also dressed with ears of wheat. Handwritten annotation in English down the side reading "The Dress of Tulle - the trimming full quilling of the same - the bottom of Body of rouleaux of Satin."


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TitleCoeffure en cheveux ornée de fleurs de cardinalia et d'epis d'or, de l'invention de Mr. Albin. Robe de tulle à corsage gallo-grec. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured engraving
Brief description
White tulle ball dress and hairstyle designed by Monsieur Albin. Hand-coloured fashion plate from Costumes Parisiens. Paris, 1822
Physical description
Hand-coloured fashion engraving. Design for a white tulle ball-dress and an elaborate hairstyle both trimmed with cardinal flowers, the hair also dressed with ears of wheat. Handwritten annotation in English down the side reading "The Dress of Tulle - the trimming full quilling of the same - the bottom of Body of rouleaux of Satin."
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.22396:107-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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