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Paul Poiret, designer

Dress with Attached Wrap, ca. 1925

Description

Maker

  • Paul Poiret, 1879-1944, French, designer
  • Paul Poiret, 1903 - 1929, design house

Culture

French

Title

Dress with Attached Wrap

Year

ca. 1925

Medium

Silk satin weave with painted velvet decoration

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • pigment

Techniques

  • hand-painting,
  • hand-painted,
  • cut warp pile,
  • satin weave

Dimensions

Center back length: 113 cm (44 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Paul Poiret a Paris

Place

France

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry

Object Number

59.031.3

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Golden Glamour

March 13 - July 5, 2015

In this deftly modern ensemble, red, ocher, and metallic gold pigments sit on top of the lustrous velvet pile of the silk velvet wrap, creating a contrast in texture with the smoothness of the emerald-green satin underdress. Nymphs dance amongst grasses in the wrap’s hand-painted design, signed by French artist Renee Vautler.

Designer Paul Poiret, hailed with freeing women from corsets, perhaps references his legacy with the imagery of women dancing in the nude and the freedom of the dress’s front-opening wrap design, held in place with an enamel buckle. The design presages the wrap dress made famous by designer Diane von Furstenberg in 1974.

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Cloth of Kings

January 25 - February 24, 1985

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