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Paul Poiret

Dress with attached wrap

Maker

Paul Poiret (French, 1879-1944), designer
Paul Poiret, design house

Culture

French

Title

Dress with attached wrap

Year

ca. 1925

Medium

  • Silk satin weave with painted velvet decoration

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Silk satin weave with painted velvet decoration

Materials

silk, pigment

Geography

Place Made: France

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: Paul Poiret a Paris

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry

Object Number

59.031.3

Type

  • Costume

Publications

  • Books

A World of Costume and Textiles: A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Golden Glamour
The Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry Collection
Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 05, 2015

Label copy

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
"Tapestries through the Ages"
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989
Cloth of Kings
Jan 25, 1985 – Feb 24, 1985

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Tombstone

Paul Poiret (French, 1879-1944), designer
Paul Poiret, design house
Dress with attached wrap, ca. 1925
Silk satin weave with painted velvet decoration
Center back length: 113 cm (44 1/2 inches)
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry 59.031.3

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