"Ah! Le Bel Oiseau! - Robe d'intérieur de Doucet," plate IX from Gazette du Bon Ton, Volume 2, No. 12 – Works

"Ah! Le Bel Oiseau! - Robe d'intérieur de Doucet," plate IX from Gazette du Bon Ton, Volume 2, No. 12

H. Robert Dammy (French, born around 1890)
Illustrating design by: Jacques Doucet (French, 1853–1929)
Publisher: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-arts

French

October 1913

Object Place: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Photomechanical lithograph with hand-applied color (pochoir)

Dimensions Overall: 25.4 x 19.1 cm (10 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Transferred from the William Morris Hunt Memorial Library

Accession Number2004.17.9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope

ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Books

DescriptionCette robe de Doucet est en charmeuse plisée, avec une large ceinture de satin souple. Le col, les manches et le bas de la jupe sont bordés de skunks.

ProvenanceBy 1952, William Morris Hunt Memorial Library; accessioned by MFA, Boston, February 12, 2004