Robe de Style
Lanvin possessed one of the most cultured imaginations in early twentieth-century design. She studied Far Eastern and Middle Eastern dress and textiles; she understood and led the exploration for avant-garde cylindrical design; and she never forgot the panniered silhouette of the eighteenth century that became the robe de style. Historicist in limiting the dilation to the sides of her creations and maintaining a flat broadened front and back, the old and new silhouette was for Lanvin another vision of flatness, establishing dress on the plane. The two-dimensional plane was irresistible for another Lanvin specialty: embroidery.
Artwork Details
- Title: Robe de Style
- Design House: House of Lanvin (French, founded 1889)
- Designer: Jeanne Lanvin (French, 1867–1946)
- Date: 1922
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk, metal, glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, 1962
- Object Number: C.I.62.8.5
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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