Serge Galonnée (Braided Serge), Bon Ton Sketch 15.

by Gazette du Bon Ton

Braided Serge on stunning 1920s outfit. Croquis XV.

Original hand-coloured pochoir published in Paris c1922 for Gazette du Bon Ton (Journal of Good Style), the exclusive publication that introduced the latest superior fashion styles. These pochoirs have been collected ever since they were first published. They add charm to many a wall..

Pochoir, the French word for stencil, was the labour-intensive method of fashion illustration by cutting a separate stencil for each hand-application of watercolour, to build up the depth of colour and detail of the fabric. The finest illustrators of the day were employed to produce pochoir illustrations for Gazette du Bon Ton, which was published by Lucien Vogel in Paris between 1912 and 1925 (with a break during World War I).

Size of page 24 x 19cm or 9.5 x 7.5 inches.