Costumes Parisiens 158: Robe à retroussis
Illustration with a design for a day dress, part of the 70th issue of the "Journal des dames et des modes", published in Paris on May 1st, 1914. The illustration features a woman wearing a a layered gown made up of blue fabric with pairs of thin, vertical, gray stripes and gray fabric, with a white blouse neck, paired with a cream hat with black and blue details and a rose, and matching cream and black boots. Her hands are covered by cream gloves, one of them holding a blue umbrella decorated with a small, blue bow and a pink rose. She walks on a park, and arches and trees can be devised far behind her.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costumes Parisiens 158: Robe à retroussis
- Artist: Gerda Wegener
- Publisher: Vaugirard , Paris
- Date: 1914
- Medium: 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: 57.546.34(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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