Fils Tires sur transparent. Drawn threads, transparent fabric. c1922.

by Gazette du Bon Ton

Gazette du Bon Ton, Croquis IX. (Sketch 9)

Original pochoir published in Paris c1922 for Gazette du Bon Ton (Journal of Good Style), the exclusive publication that introduced the latest superior fashion styles in Paris. The finest illustrators of the day showed fashions by prominent French designers in Gazette du Bon Ton, published by Lucien Vogel in Paris between 1912 and 1925 )with a break during World War I.)

Pochoir, the French word for stencil, was the labour-intensive method of illustration by cutting up to 20 separate stencils for successive applications of watercolour using a variety of brushes and other tools to create the fine detail of the fabrics and the depth and nuance of colour with reliable consistency throughout the print run.

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