Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5058415
Area
Drawings / paintings
Title
Toilettes de Mme Fladry
Art object
Art Movement / style
Material
Technique used
Dimensions
55 x 38 cm
Series / hero
Collection / set
Number
Addition to number
Year
1873
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Antique wooden carved and gilded oval frame with image of "La Mode Illustrée" from Bureaux du Journal, 56 rue Jacob Paris. Year 1873 - "Toilettes de Mme Fladry, 43 rue Richer Signed "Anais Toudouze" Adele-Anais Toudouze (Paris, 1822-1899) was one of the most important artists of La Mode. She belonged to a very talented family of artists and engravers. Other family members who produced fashion records and fine art included her mother, Alexandre-Marie Colin (1798-1873) and her daughter, Isabelle Toudouze (1872-1925). In 1845 Adele-Anais married the painter and architect, Gabriel-Auguste Toudouze. In the mid-Victorian era, two factors directly contributed to the development of the original fashion engraving. The sewing machine was widely used during the last 1850s and by the 1860s paper patterns had been introduced before. High fashion was thus now available for the first time to most women. Second, a new and rapidly growing economic strength was felt and the publishing industry began to cater directly to both upper and middle-class women. The fashion market underwent tremendous expansion with such publishers as Peterson's and Godey's, in America, and the English's Domestic Magazine, in Great Britain, printing a large number of fashion engravings and patterns. Paris, however, was the center of everything and La Mode Illustree (The Illustrated Fashion) was the undisputed leader of fashion engraving during this period. From 1860-1872 La Mode created some of the finest fashion records of the era. The engravings were larger, more detailed and much more artistically hand-colored than any of its competitors in England, France or America. By 1872, however, the high cost of publishing these original works of art - such as this example - was also prohibitively expensive, and La Mode was forced to cede the area to its cheaper rivals. For years these original engravings have been eagerly sought after by collectors. The appeal of these works, in fact, is so strong that photomechanical reproductions have been since the early 1920s. One can easily determine these reproductions by the poor quality of the paper and by the general dullness of the image and colors. This is a hand-colored depiction of 17th century fashion The drawing is "dressed" with the silk (or satin) fabrics and lace as shown in the picture The list is intact

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