Costumes Parisiens 111: Robe de velours maïs; Petite veste de velours noir bordée de vair.
Illustration with a design for a velvet gown and jacket bordered with vair, part of the 49th issue of the "Journal des dames et des modes", published in Paris on October 1st, 1913. The illustration features a woman wearing a long, yellow velvet skirt with brown border and a black velvet jacket with a thin, white fur border, and with white pleated cuffs, and tied in the front with blue ribbons with hanging tassels. She wears a matching hat in blue, black and purple, and purple high heels. A large, brown and black fur coat hangs on her back from her arms. Her face is heavily covered with makeup, featuring dark lips. She stands leaning on a gray commode with yellow and purple flowers, in an interior with striped walls.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costumes Parisiens 111: Robe de velours maïs; Petite veste de velours noir bordée de vair.
- Artist: Designed by Pierre Legrain (French, Levallois-Perret 1889–1929 Paris)
- Publisher: Published by Vaugirard , Paris
- Date: 1913
- Medium: plates: hand colored engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 5 9/16 in. (22.1 × 14.2 cm)
Album: 9 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (23.5 × 14 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Millia Davenport, 1957
- Object Number: 57.546.13(2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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1913
Pierre Legrain
Editions d'Art Charles Moreau
1900–1929
Pierre Legrain
ca. 1925
Pierre Legrain
ca. 1920
Pierre Legrain
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