- Lot 209

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- Lot 209
"Costumes anciens exécutés par les grands couturiers de Paris",Paris, Brichaut, 1895, 22 photographs of JUMEAU female dolls from the JUMEAU et Cie Company (except one) dressed in various historical costumes from different periods by the Grands Couturiers de Paris (one costume made by WORTH) and coiffed by the greatest hairdressers in Paris. These photographs are presented in a cardboard cover of the period covered with green paper, marked: 1895 Amsterdam. Made on the occasion of the presentation of the said costumes during the International Exhibition of Amsterdam in 1895. A photo of the same format and from the same publisher representing a young woman with her arms raised is attached (accident to the paper) Small rare portfolio. Format: 21 X16 cm. and complete. Size: 4x6". It is on the initiative of the President of the Chambre syndicale de la confection et de la couture pour Dames et Enfants, M. FELIX, that this exhibition took place, as confirmed by the General Report of the French section written by Lucien LAYUS (1896):..."...M.FELIX, undertook, with the collaboration of the most famous fashion houses of Paris, the reconstitution of the French feminine costume since the Middle Ages until the Second Empire. M.FELIX had the idea to make reductions of it of which were dressed of ravishing dolls of 60 cm height. These dolls, placed in a graceful frame and surrounded by stylish accessories of each period chosen with meticulous care, constituted the greatest attraction of the French Section, and attracted a crowd of visitors...... All these dolls were gloved by M.MARCAULT , shod by M.JEANDRON-FERRY, coiffed by M.LENTERIC . The jewels were provided by the houses MARRET Frères and THIERRY & Fils...." (portfolio with visible wear) EXPERT : FRANCOIS THEIMER TEL : 03 86 74 31 76 EMAIL : francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr Commemorative booklet of 1895 Exhibition in Amsterdam Of Grands Couturiers of Paris. The booklet contains 22 printed photographs of a series of historical costumes on Dolls by JUMEAU (except one) presented at the World Exhibition in 1895 in Amsterdam. Rare EXPERT : FRANCOIS THEIMER TEL : 03 86 74 31 76 EMAIL : francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr
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