Les reines de l'aiguille :
modistes et couturières (étude parisienne) /
Arsène Alexandre ; illustrations dessinées et gravées par François Courboin.

Description

Main Author

Alexandre, Arsène, 1859-1937

Related Names

Courboin, François, 1865-1926, illustrator.

Language(s)

French

Published

Paris : Théophile Belin, libraire, 1902.

Subjects

Fashion.
Dressmaking.
Clothing and dress > Clothing and dress / France > Clothing and dress / France / Paris.
Fashion > Fashion / France > Fashion / France / Paris.
Dressmaking > Dressmaking / France > Dressmaking / France / Paris.
France > France / Paris.

Note

Numerous engraved vignettes throughout text showing scenes of the Parisian fashion world.
"Nos. 1 à 100--exemplaires sur papier des Manufactures impériales du Japon. Nos. 101 à 300--exemplaires sur papier vélin d'Arches"--Colophon.
Illustrations: 76 of the plates include designs for head- and tail-pieces in two states; 5 plates are full-page illustrations etched after after watercolor paintings by by François Courboin; the full-page illustrations are also used as designs for head-pieces.
Title printed in red and black.

Physical Description

189 pages, 81 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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