Costumes Parisiens 121: Costumes pour un ensemble
Illustration with designs for matching costumes for men and women, part of the 54th issue of the "Journal des dames et des modes", published in Paris on November 20, 1913. The illustration features a woman wearing a gray suit made up of a hip-length jacket and ankle-length narrow skirt, both with brown fur borders, and a man wearing a knee-length gray jacket and gray trousers with thin, vertical, black stripes. Both wear black hats, green gloves, and gray shoes, and hold gray and light brown canes on their hands. They stand on a terrace with their backs to the viewer.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costumes Parisiens 121: Costumes pour un ensemble
- Artist: Designed by Bernard Boutet de Monvel (French, Paris 1884–1949 The Azores)
- Publisher: Published by Vaugirard , Paris
- Date: 1913
- Medium: plates: hand colored engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 9/16 in. (22.5 × 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: 57.546.18(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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