Photograph of Princess Natalie Paley
Photography
Inventory number
2025.5.6.13.PH.CI.C1935.AHDescription
Promotional photographic portrait of Princess Natalie Paley for the film Folies-Bergère (1935). She is pictured here with curled hair gazing off frame. She wears a silk satin dress featuring a plunging neckline with a large bow and art deco style brooch.Natalie Paley (1905-1981) was a Russian princess, the granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II. She fled the Russian Revolution and went on to establish herself as a model in Paris throughout the 1930s, for Schiaparelli, Chanel, and Vogue. She later appear in French and American films.