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The Exact Dress of the Head

Drawing
1725-1726 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lens, Bernard (made)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

1 of 30 drawings (including title) of women's hats and headdresses

Object details

Categories
Hats & Headwear
Fashion
Womenswear
Clothing
Accessories
Lace
Hair and Hairstyles
Object type
Drawing
TitleThe Exact Dress of the Head (series title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper pasted into a sketchbook
Pen and Wash
Wash Technique
Drawing
Brief description
Bernard Lens. 1 of 30 drawings from series titled "The Exact Dress of the Head". 1725-26
Physical description
1 of 30 drawings (including title) of women's hats and headdresses
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 7.375in
  • Volume width: 9.625in
Credit line
Purchase.
Object history
On tour with 'Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600 - 1800' from 2 May 2011.
Bibliographic references
  • Nevinson, John Lea, ed. Lens, Bernard. The exact Dress of the Head. London: Costume Society c/o Victoria and Albert Museum, 1970.
  • Levey, Santina. Lace: A History. London: V&A, Leeds: W.S. Maney, 1983. 67 p., 295 fig.
  • Princely treasures. European masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum, S. Medlam and L. Miller ed., London, 2011, p. 162, illus.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1677-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O761609/the-exact-dress-of-the-drawing-lens-bernard/
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