Aged illustration of a figure in a white gown and red shawl with gold and blue trim, French captions.
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Unknown Maker

Illustrations from the Journal des Dames et des Modes

Maker

Unknown Maker
Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863)

Title

Illustrations from the Journal des Dames et des Modes

Year

ca. 1810

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

21.3 x 13.5 cm (8 3/8 x 5 5/16 inches) (unframed)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum collection

Object Number

INV2004.506

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Artist, Rebel, Dandy
Men of Fashion
Apr 26, 2013 – Aug 18, 2013

Label copy

In his fashion-plate illustrations for the Parisian Journal des Dames et des Modes, Horace Vernet reported the popularity of the English look and the taste for broadcloth over the ornate silks once representative of the splendor of the court and the preeminence of the French textile industry. The writer Honore de Balzac described 1789, the year that marked the beginning of the French Revolution, as the year of the "debate between silk and broadcloth." His words aptly describe the political associations of each fabric, as well as the sartorial revolution as menswear followed the Brumellian aesthetic.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker
Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863)
Illustrations from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, ca. 1810
Engraving on wove paper, hand-colored
21.3 x 13.5 cm (8 3/8 x 5 5/16 inches) (unframed)
Museum collection INV2004.506

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