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Fashion Illustration

1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval drawing on card. A caricature of two fashionable women showing the round-shouldered, slouching posture that was newly fashionable. On the left, an afternoon dress in wide, bright green and purple stripes over a purple hobble skirt, trimmed with a wide band of white fur on the uppermost tunic overskirt. On the right, a backless (and apparently strapless) trained evening dress in pink paisley patterned fabric with a long grey train, trimmed with gold fringe and heavy upholstery cording and tassels, with gold coloured feathers in the model's hair. Signed "Sacchetti Paris 1913" to lower left

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
gouache and watercolour on card
Brief description
Enrico Sacchetti. Caricature showing two fashionable women. Paris, 1913. Watercolour drawing.
Physical description
Oval drawing on card. A caricature of two fashionable women showing the round-shouldered, slouching posture that was newly fashionable. On the left, an afternoon dress in wide, bright green and purple stripes over a purple hobble skirt, trimmed with a wide band of white fur on the uppermost tunic overskirt. On the right, a backless (and apparently strapless) trained evening dress in pink paisley patterned fabric with a long grey train, trimmed with gold fringe and heavy upholstery cording and tassels, with gold coloured feathers in the model's hair. Signed "Sacchetti Paris 1913" to lower left
Credit line
Given by the House of Worth
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.22191-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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