Louis XV and Madame Pompadour Skirt Styles 1925 French Pochoir Print

Louis XV and Madame Pompadour Skirt Styles 1925 French Pochoir Print [detail]
Louis XV and Madame Pompadour Skirt Styles 1925 French Pochoir Print [detail]
Louis XV and Madame Pompadour Skirt Styles 1925 French Pochoir Print [detail]
Louis XV and Madame Pompadour Skirt Styles 1925 French Pochoir Print [detail]
Louis XV and Madame Pompadour Skirt Styles 1925 French Pochoir Print

This image © PetitPoulailler 2010

Paul Louis de Giafferri

Manufacturer/Designer

Paris fashion pochoir print

Style/Edition

1925

Year

Excellent

Item Condition

France

Country of Origin

Paper, ink

Primary Material

Product Description

Antique 1925 Paris Fashions Pochoir Print Featuring Madame Pompadour Skirt Styles and Couture

An stunning original French pochoir print from Paul Louis de Giafferri's 1925 magnificent folio work ~ 'History of Feminine Costume from 1037 - 1870'.

Hand-painted on card, these prints are simply scrumptious. This plate features nine hand-colored illustrations of 'Jupes', or Skirts, from the era of Louis XV and his mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry, 1640-1715.

The heavy paper is blank on its reverse, measures 10.75" x 14.625" (27x37 cm), and shows gentle edge tanning. With bright and lovely colors, the papers are clean and smooth and each has a French text key at the paper's bottom. There are no tears, folds, creases, or marks on the paper.

An absolutely gorgeous fashion plate to frame, a wonderful addition to your paper supplies to use in your art. Wonderful for card and tag creations, for your decoupage or collage, for scrap booook page making.

You are purchasing an original 1925 paper and it does not have watermarks. I'll send this to you flat, protected, and by USPS 1st Class mail.

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Inspiration/Story Behind This Product

This is one of the folio prints published in 1925 by Paul Louis de Giafferri. Published in 10 separate sections, each section focusing on a specific time period in French women's fashions. The sections begin with a full page colored plate labeling the time frame for the coming chapter and a text description of the time period and a description of the attitudes of the women toward fashion as well as what fashions were evolving during the time period.

Each section breaks down into 10 pochoirs for each time period's major fashion aspects -

Hats
Coats
Shoes
Sleeves
Jewelry
Lingerie
Knickknacks
Dresses and Skirts
Bodices and Blouses
Embroidery and Fabrics

This is a beautiful example of the hand-colored pochoir printing technique in its heyday in the 1920's. Each measures 10.75" x 14.625" (27x37 cm). The eras depicted are ~
Moyen (Middle) Ages
Renaissance
Henri III-Louis XIII
Louis IV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Revolution
Empire
Restoration
Second Empire (1852-1870)

Materials Used

Paper, ink

More Info

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Product Attributes

Primary Material: Paper, ink

Size: 10.75" x 14.625" (27x37 cm)

Pattern: 1925 French fashion pochoir print

Color: Blue

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