Description

ORIGINAL ANTIQUE FASHION PRINT LA "FETES PARISIENNE" A NEW YORK Published by Librarie Centrale des Beaux Arts, Paris 1915 in Lucien Vogel's "Le Style Parisien". Three models showcase costumes designed for the Parisian festivals in New York from the fashion houses of Cheruit and Lanvin. A beautiful larger format vintage fashion print created using the delicate hand crafted pochoir colour printing technique by Dartey. An attractive original hand coloured art nouveau print which would frame up beautifully for display. Although technically intended as haute couture advertising, these wonderful images in the classic art nouveau style are better considered as original art work to be appreciated for their aesthetic qualities. A prime example of the genre in fine, clean condition other than insignificant age related blemishes. Free of repairs or restoration, no folds, with the original pochoir colours remaining crisp and fresh. Printed on a heavy grade premium quality paper. Unrelated printing to verso. A pprox. 17" x 12" (430mm x 300mm) overall. ......................................................................................................... LE STLE PARISIEN was a highly influential fashion journal and briefly published in Paris during World War I. The leading Parisian fashion designers endeavoured to maintain their position in the English, French and American fashion markets during the difficult wartime years. The lavish illustrations from the journal are now extremely scarce and highly collectable. . . .......................................................... The POCHOIR technique enjoyed a brief popularity during the art nouveau period. It involves printing with the use of hand cut thin metal stencils, with the colour added by hand brushing with gouache or water colour paints. A different stencil is used for each colour and the whole painstaking process is extremely time consuming and consequently very expensive. It was soon abandoned as uneconomic but the surviving prints are a fine record of the fashions of the day and as works of art in their own right. ................................................................ VNPE824 AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 100 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS We do not deal in reproductions, facsimiles or modern copies of any kind.