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Fashion Design

1921 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a woman's afternoon dress. Overdress of pale blue silk taffeta dress with short sleeves and a full skirt with a handkerchief hemline with underdress of white lace exposed at the hem, long tight sleeves and a high neck ruff tied with a length of black ribbon. A large black rose trims the waist of the overdress. The model wears a large black hat trimmed with blue silk taffeta and carries an open parasol covered in matching pale blue fabric.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Coloured chalks, ink and other media on toned paper
Brief description
Jules de Ban for the house of Lucile Ltd., 1921. Design for an afternoon dress of blue silk taffeta and white lace.
Physical description
Design for a woman's afternoon dress. Overdress of pale blue silk taffeta dress with short sleeves and a full skirt with a handkerchief hemline with underdress of white lace exposed at the hem, long tight sleeves and a high neck ruff tied with a length of black ribbon. A large black rose trims the waist of the overdress. The model wears a large black hat trimmed with blue silk taffeta and carries an open parasol covered in matching pale blue fabric.
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 and dated)
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.2922-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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