Palmyre
Fashion Design
late 1949 (made)
late 1949 (made)
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Twelve fashion designs on a single sheet, all for pencil-skirted suits with fitted jackets with peplums.
1) 'Palmyre.' Suit with layered peplum.
2) 'Epi.' Black suit with plush collar and pocket flaps on peplum.
3) 'Palmo.' Black suit with folded and flared peplum.
4) 'Oléron.' Chocolate brown suit with asymmetrically buttoned, draped peplum.
5) 'Gracioza.' Grey suit.
6) 'Jowa.' Golden-brown suit.
7) 'Kiska.' Black suit with leopard skin fur jabot.
8) 'Kangarou.' Black suit, the jacket with draped Watteau pleats in back, the peplum with forward-jutting loops.
9) 'Principie.' Black suit.
10) 'Pouka-Pouka.' Slate blue-grey suit with blouson jacket.
11) 'Isabel.' Soft brown and white tweed skirt suit.
12) 'Kisko.' Black pencil skirt and cerulean blue jacket with back scarf drape and diagonally buttoned peplum.
1) 'Palmyre.' Suit with layered peplum.
2) 'Epi.' Black suit with plush collar and pocket flaps on peplum.
3) 'Palmo.' Black suit with folded and flared peplum.
4) 'Oléron.' Chocolate brown suit with asymmetrically buttoned, draped peplum.
5) 'Gracioza.' Grey suit.
6) 'Jowa.' Golden-brown suit.
7) 'Kiska.' Black suit with leopard skin fur jabot.
8) 'Kangarou.' Black suit, the jacket with draped Watteau pleats in back, the peplum with forward-jutting loops.
9) 'Principie.' Black suit.
10) 'Pouka-Pouka.' Slate blue-grey suit with blouson jacket.
11) 'Isabel.' Soft brown and white tweed skirt suit.
12) 'Kisko.' Black pencil skirt and cerulean blue jacket with back scarf drape and diagonally buttoned peplum.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | Lou Claverie for Paquin. Twelve fashion designs on a single sheet, all for pencil-skirted suits with fitted jackets with peplums. 1) 'Palmyre.' Suit with layered peplum. 2) 'Epi.' Black suit with plush collar and pocket flaps on peplum. 3) 'Palmo.' Black suit with folded and flared peplum. 4) 'Oléron.' Chocolate brown suit with asymmetrically buttoned, draped peplum. 5) 'Gracioza.' Grey suit. 6) 'Jowa.' Golden-brown suit. 7) 'Kiska.' Black suit with leopard skin fur jabot. 8) 'Kangarou.' Black suit, the jacket with draped Watteau pleats in back, the peplum with forward-jutting loops. 9) 'Principie.' Black suit. 10) 'Pouka-Pouka.' Slate blue-grey suit with blouson jacket. 11) 'Isabel.' Soft brown and white tweed skirt suit. 12) 'Kisko.' Black pencil skirt and cerulean blue jacket with back scarf drape and diagonally buttoned peplum. One of thirteen sheets each showing multiple fashion designs for Fall-Winter 1949-50. |
| Physical description | Twelve fashion designs on a single sheet, all for pencil-skirted suits with fitted jackets with peplums. 1) 'Palmyre.' Suit with layered peplum. 2) 'Epi.' Black suit with plush collar and pocket flaps on peplum. 3) 'Palmo.' Black suit with folded and flared peplum. 4) 'Oléron.' Chocolate brown suit with asymmetrically buttoned, draped peplum. 5) 'Gracioza.' Grey suit. 6) 'Jowa.' Golden-brown suit. 7) 'Kiska.' Black suit with leopard skin fur jabot. 8) 'Kangarou.' Black suit, the jacket with draped Watteau pleats in back, the peplum with forward-jutting loops. 9) 'Principie.' Black suit. 10) 'Pouka-Pouka.' Slate blue-grey suit with blouson jacket. 11) 'Isabel.' Soft brown and white tweed skirt suit. 12) 'Kisko.' Black pencil skirt and cerulean blue jacket with back scarf drape and diagonally buttoned peplum. |
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | E.21309-1957 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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