Costumes Parisiens 99: Petite robe de jardin, par Poiret, en crêpe de laine bleu; Fichu et poignets de lingerie
Illustration of a blue garden dress, designed by Paul Poiret, part of the 43rd issue of the "Journal des dames et des modes", published in Paris on August 1, 1913. The illustration features a woman wearing a narrow dress made of blue wool crepe, with three-quarter sleeves with white linen cuffs and a pleated "Hobble skirt", an empire-waist cut created by a thin, pink belt, and with pink buttons. She wears a white linen scarf tied around her neck, a matching white hat with a semi-abstract flower colored with yellow and green, and white boots with black buttons. She walks on a garden with semi-abstract bushes, and stares at a bee flying towards her, the rose she probably held in her hand flying off to the ground She wears thin, black bracelets around her wrists.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costumes Parisiens 99: Petite robe de jardin, par Poiret, en crêpe de laine bleu; Fichu et poignets de lingerie
- Artist: Designed by Charles Martin (French, Montpellier 1884/88–1932/34 Paris)
- Designer: Gown designed by Paul Poiret Paul Poiret (French, Paris 1879–1944 Paris)
- Publisher: Published by Vaugirard , Paris
- Date: 1913
- Medium: plates: hand colored engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 9/16 in. (22.3 × 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: 57.546.7(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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