Costumes Parisiens 166: Costume d’excursion
Illustration with a design for an excursion costume, part of the 72nd issue of the "Journal des dames et des modes", published in Paris on May 20, 1914. The illustration features a woman wearing an all-gray outfit made up of a cropped vest over a white shirt, an ankle-length, narrow skirt with pleats on the front, and a cape. She wears a brown hat decorated with a thin garland of green leaves, and brown boots. She stands on a green pasture, with blossoming trees on her back and a path with a car passing by.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costumes Parisiens 166: Costume d’excursion
- Artist: Designed by Armand Vallée (French, Paris 1884–1960 Paris)
- 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: 57.546.36(3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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