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Fashion Design

1921 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a woman's afternoon or garden-party dress, hat and parasol. The dress, of cloudy-grey silk, is draped and wrapped around the body with long sheer, flared sleeves and overlay of co-ordinating chiffon. The side drapery on the skirt and bodice are both embroidered with a large cobweb motif. Sash of sea-green silk, which matches the wide-brimmed hat trimmed with sprays of black flowers and the cover of the parasol, which is edged with black and blue floral braid and has a rose-tinted grey lining.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Coloured chalks, ink and other media on toned paper
Brief description
Jules de Ban for Lucile Ltd., 1921. Afternoon or garden-party dress and parasol, draped grey and sea-green silk with spider-web motif.
Physical description
Design for a woman's afternoon or garden-party dress, hat and parasol. The dress, of cloudy-grey silk, is draped and wrapped around the body with long sheer, flared sleeves and overlay of co-ordinating chiffon. The side drapery on the skirt and bodice are both embroidered with a large cobweb motif. Sash of sea-green silk, which matches the wide-brimmed hat trimmed with sprays of black flowers and the cover of the parasol, which is edged with black and blue floral braid and has a rose-tinted grey lining.
Dimensions
  • Average size of sheets in set height: 41.9cm
  • Average size of sheets in set width: 27.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'de Ban' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.2924-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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