Ceylan
Fashion Design
late 1949 (made)
late 1949 (made)
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Twelve fashion designs for coats on a single sheet:
1) 'Ceylan.' Buff-beige coat with tapered hem and diagonal patch pockets at bust.
2) 'Antipodes.' Grey coat, the back cut in an interesting Watteau pleat style caught in at posterior and extending forward over the shoulders into a neck scarf
3) 'Sardaigne.' Olive green double-breasted swing coat with patch pockets placed around hips.
4) 'Island.' Blue-grey swing coat, gores in skirt extending up into pocket flaps around hips.
5) 'Oui.' Crimson New Look coat with full skirt, worn with a hooded shoulder cape buttoning down the back.
6) 'Cap Vert.' Deep turquoise-green full-skirted coat with hooded shoulder cape, the hood with a cap-peak, pockets around edge of cape.
7) 'Carolines.' Cocoa brown swing coat in bias cut black check.
8) Untitled cocoa brown coat with interesting large double-flapped pockets at hip.
9) 'Sous le vent.' Chocolate-brown coat with arrow-headed waist darts.
10) 'Dogo.' Black New Look coat with fitted waist and full skirt, long brown-faced scarf at neck.
11) 'Majogue.' Moss green coat with bust darts and full skirt.
12) 'Gaug.' Deep crimson-wine red coat with brown fur collar and borders, tapered hem.
1) 'Ceylan.' Buff-beige coat with tapered hem and diagonal patch pockets at bust.
2) 'Antipodes.' Grey coat, the back cut in an interesting Watteau pleat style caught in at posterior and extending forward over the shoulders into a neck scarf
3) 'Sardaigne.' Olive green double-breasted swing coat with patch pockets placed around hips.
4) 'Island.' Blue-grey swing coat, gores in skirt extending up into pocket flaps around hips.
5) 'Oui.' Crimson New Look coat with full skirt, worn with a hooded shoulder cape buttoning down the back.
6) 'Cap Vert.' Deep turquoise-green full-skirted coat with hooded shoulder cape, the hood with a cap-peak, pockets around edge of cape.
7) 'Carolines.' Cocoa brown swing coat in bias cut black check.
8) Untitled cocoa brown coat with interesting large double-flapped pockets at hip.
9) 'Sous le vent.' Chocolate-brown coat with arrow-headed waist darts.
10) 'Dogo.' Black New Look coat with fitted waist and full skirt, long brown-faced scarf at neck.
11) 'Majogue.' Moss green coat with bust darts and full skirt.
12) 'Gaug.' Deep crimson-wine red coat with brown fur collar and borders, tapered hem.
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| Materials and techniques | pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | Lou Claverie for Paquin. Twelve fashion designs for coats on a single sheet: 1) 'Ceylan.' Buff-beige coat with tapered hem and diagonal patch pockets at bust. 2) 'Antipodes.' Grey coat, the back cut in an interesting Watteau pleat style caught in at posterior and extending forward over the shoulders into a neck scarf 3) 'Sardaigne.' Olive green double-breasted swing coat with patch pockets placed around hips. 4) 'Island.' Blue-grey swing coat, gores in skirt extending up into pocket flaps around hips. 5) 'Oui.' Crimson New Look coat with full skirt, worn with a hooded shoulder cape buttoning down the back. 6) 'Cap Vert.' Deep turquoise-green full-skirted coat with hooded shoulder cape, the hood with a cap-peak, pockets around edge of cape. 7) 'Carolines.' Cocoa brown swing coat in bias cut black check. 8) Untitled cocoa brown coat with interesting large double-flapped pockets at hip. 9) 'Sous le vent.' Chocolate-brown coat with arrow-headed waist darts. 10) 'Dogo.' Black New Look coat with fitted waist and full skirt, long brown-faced scarf at neck. 11) 'Majogue.' Moss green coat with bust darts and full skirt. 12) 'Gaug.' Deep crimson-wine red coat with brown fur collar and borders, tapered hem. One of thirteen sheets each showing multiple fashion designs for Fall-Winter 1949-50. |
| Physical description | Twelve fashion designs for coats on a single sheet: 1) 'Ceylan.' Buff-beige coat with tapered hem and diagonal patch pockets at bust. 2) 'Antipodes.' Grey coat, the back cut in an interesting Watteau pleat style caught in at posterior and extending forward over the shoulders into a neck scarf 3) 'Sardaigne.' Olive green double-breasted swing coat with patch pockets placed around hips. 4) 'Island.' Blue-grey swing coat, gores in skirt extending up into pocket flaps around hips. 5) 'Oui.' Crimson New Look coat with full skirt, worn with a hooded shoulder cape buttoning down the back. 6) 'Cap Vert.' Deep turquoise-green full-skirted coat with hooded shoulder cape, the hood with a cap-peak, pockets around edge of cape. 7) 'Carolines.' Cocoa brown swing coat in bias cut black check. 8) Untitled cocoa brown coat with interesting large double-flapped pockets at hip. 9) 'Sous le vent.' Chocolate-brown coat with arrow-headed waist darts. 10) 'Dogo.' Black New Look coat with fitted waist and full skirt, long brown-faced scarf at neck. 11) 'Majogue.' Moss green coat with bust darts and full skirt. 12) 'Gaug.' Deep crimson-wine red coat with brown fur collar and borders, tapered hem. |
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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.21306-1957 |
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