"Autrefois.. Tout par en bas. Aujourd'hui.. Tout par en haut"
Photography
Inventory number
2019.6.11.15.PH.PC.C1910.FRAuthor:
Xavier SAGER (French, 1881 - 1969)Description
This postcard depicts a "before" and "now" representative of the evolution of fashion between the 1850s-60s (the "Crinoline era") and the 1910s, when the very narrow skirts and wide hats were the trend.On the left, in a circle frame drawn by a pink ribbon is the profile of a woman wearing a very wide yellow crinolined dress with several rows of white ruffles, as well as a yellow short-brimmed bonnet with pink roses at the crown.
On the right is a woman wearing a hat the width of the crinolined skirt, black with blue inside lining and a black feather, as well as a pink coat with a blue and black narrow skirt showing underneath, a white shawl and a green purse.
The artist regularly makes fun of his contemporary fashion, denouncing the unpracticality of the narrow "hobble" skirts.
Materials
PaperInk
Origin
circa 1910 FranceDimensions
Length : 14 cmHeight : 9.5 cm