L'Indiscréte (The Indiscretion) Gazette du Bon Ton fashion c1914.

by Brissaud, Pierre

Garden Party Dresses, Gazette du Bon Ton double-page antique fashion print. Robes de garden-party de Cheruit (Garden-Party Dresses designed by Madeleine Cheruit). 

Antique print. Beautiful rare double-page 1914 fashion plate by Pierre Brissaud for La Gazette du Bon Ton (Gazette of Good Style). Original hand-coloured pochoir by Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964) for the exclusive fashion periodical for the well-to-do. Brissaud excelled in presenting a gently humorous fashion narrative of the latest superior fashions.

Pochoir, the French word for stencil, was the labour-intensive method of illustration by cutting a separate stencil for each successive application of watercolour, to build up the beautiful tones and nuance of the image. The finest illustrators of the day introduced the latest exclusive fashions in Gazette du Bon Ton, published by Lucien Vogel in Paris between 1912 and 1925.

Rare double page fashion study, measuring 24 x 38 cm (9.5 x 15 inches). Image 16 x 31.5 cm (6.25 x 12.5 inches).