"Avenue des Champs Elysées"
Photography
Inventory number
2019.6.11.9.PH.PC.C1910.FR
Author:
Xavier SAGER (French, 1881 - 1969)
Description
This postcard depicts a row of seven women walking, one of them is facing her back to the viewer.
Starting from the left, the first woman is wearing a loose-fitting purple coat with a white high-collar shirt underneath, a blue skirt showing under her coat, a closed umbrella, a wide blue hat with a large grey feather and a small green purse. The sexond is wearing an orange jacket and skirt ensemble with green at the neckline and hemline, a white high-collar shirt underneath and a high, narrow purple hat with black feather. The third is wearing a green jacket and skirt ensemble with a white fur muff, a brown hat with a pink rose. The fourth is wearing a blue jacket and skirt ensemble with a wide-brimmed hat adorned with an array of grey feathers, as well as a pink and brown fur muff. The fifth is wearing a black skirt and jacket ensemble with a hermin fur neckline and muff, as well as a green hat with several roses on the side. The sixth is wearing a V-neck pink dress with a high-collar shirt underneath, a wide purple hat with roses. The seventh is wearing a blue dress with a hermin scarf and muff, as well as a black hat with a purple adornment.
Materials
Paper
Ink
Origin
circa 1910
France
Dimensions
Length : 14 cm
Height : 9.5 cm