Grillage Motifs. Cape with Screen-printed Motifs. Sketch 10 c1922

by Gazette du Bon Ton

Fabulous outfit! Gazette du Bon Ton Croquis X (Sketch 10).

Original pochoir published in Paris circa 1922 for Gazette du Bon Ton (Journal of Good Style), the exclusive publication that introduced the latest superior fashion styles.

Pochoir, the French word for stencil, was a labour-intensive method of illustration by hand-colouring successive layers of watercolour through separate stencils for each colour. The finest fashion artists illustrated fashions by prominent French designers in Gazette du Bon Ton, published by Lucien Vogel in Paris between 1912 and 1925.

This crisp image with be antique in 2 years. Size of page 24 x 19cm or 9.5 x 7.5 inches