Published by Hachette & Co. Paris 1917 in "Les Elegances Parisiennes".

Four ensembles from the fashion houses of Doucet and Premet are modelled.

Two beautiful vintage fashion prints created using the delicate hand crafted pochoir colour printing technique by L'Hom.

An attractive pair of original hand coloured art nouveau prints 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.

The prints were originally loosely tipped (lightly pasted on one edge) into the text pages of the fashion journal. For those interested in fashion design, the related description of the garments has been copied from the journal text onto the verso of each print in pencil.

Prime examples of the genre in fine, clean condition. Free of repairs or restoration, no folds, with the original pochoir colours remaining crisp and fresh. 

 Each print approx. 6" x 4" (160mm x 95mm) overall.

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LES ELEGANCES PARISIENNES 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.

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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.

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AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE PRINT GUARANTEED OVER 100 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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