Costumes Parisiens 161: Robe de nansouk
Illustration with a design for a nansouk gown, part of the 71st issue of the "Journal des dames et des modes", published in Paris on May 10, 1914. The illustration features a woman wearing a white gown with layered flounces, tied around the waist with a thin, yellow belt with scalloped edges, a matching white hat with yellow ribbon, and matching yellow high heels. She stands on a gray path, in front of a green pasture with small, yellow flowers, two yellow butterflies flying behind her, in front of the blue sky.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costumes Parisiens 161: Robe de nansouk
- Artist: Designed by Marie-Madelaine Franc-Nohain (French, 1878–1942)
- Publisher: Published by Vaugirard , Paris
- Date: 1914
- 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: 57.546.35(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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