Original French Art Deco Fashion Print
This hand coloured lithograph Is from the July 1936 Chic Parisien magazine. It features four models dressed in smart day wear. The first model wears a sleek lilac coloured suit featuring a small white collar and a matching white handkerchief in her pocket. Coordinated with this is a white hat. She is wearing white gloves and she is carrying a white coat. Very stylish! The second model wears a sleeveless dress pulled in at the waist. The dress has deep pockets and the bodice of the dress is cut at stunning angular lines. Underneath the dress she wears a rust coloured blouse matched up with a hat and clutch bag. Model three wears shades of green Once again the bodice is a feature with similar angular lines and buttons on the sleeves. The fourth model also wears a dress featuring navy tassels. She wears a navy cape and hat. Oh so glamourous!
Artelier Bachwitz was a fashion publishing company founded by Arnold Bachwitz !1854 – 1930). This company published over 50 fashion magazines. The most popular of these was ‘Chic Parisien’. The publishing house was based in Vienna. Chic Parisien was printed by Josef Eberle. In 1938, after Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich, the Nazi Party underwent ‘Aryanization’ of the administration board which was mostly comprised of the Bachwitz family. As a result of this, the board was replaced and their publishing rights revoked. Rosine, the widow of Arnold Bachwitz and her daughter were killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
The Art Deco Period spanned the 1920s and 30s. The French referred to this time as ‘Annees folles’ (crazy years in French). The term ‘Art Deco’ grew out of the “Exposition National des Artes Decoratifs and Industries Modernes” held in Paris in 1925. It was a time of strong economic growth where people embraced new products and services such as radio, automobiles, aviation, oil, electricity, picture houses and JAZZ. Flapper fashion was promoted by Coco Chanel, typified by a boyish look with short hairdos and loose streamlined garments. A new social freedom for women was being unleashed. In 1926 Chanel also introduced ‘the little black dress’. Décor was sleek and smooth, featuring bold colours and geometric shapes. This period was also shaped with events such as the sinking of the Titanic (1912), the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb (1922) and theCompletion of The Empire State Building (1931). Stars such as Maurice Chevalier, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers were popular. The fads of these times included dancing the Charleston, cloche hats, bright red lipstick and Betty Boop. Just think – this fashion print was present in our world during these times!
This wonderful piece of history would look stunning in an appropriately matched frame. Measuring 39.5 cms by 29.5 cms, it would make a delightful gift if you could bear to part with it.
This hand coloured lithograph Is from the July 1936 Chic Parisien magazine. It features four models dressed in smart day wear. The first model wears a sleek lilac coloured suit featuring a small white collar and a matching white handkerchief in her pocket. Coordinated with this is a white hat. She is wearing white gloves and she is carrying a white coat. Very stylish! The second model wears a sleeveless dress pulled in at the waist. The dress has deep pockets and the bodice of the dress is cut at stunning angular lines. Underneath the dress she wears a rust coloured blouse matched up with a hat and clutch bag. Model three wears shades of green Once again the bodice is a feature with similar angular lines and buttons on the sleeves. The fourth model also wears a dress featuring navy tassels. She wears a navy cape and hat. Oh so glamourous!
Artelier Bachwitz was a fashion publishing company founded by Arnold Bachwitz !1854 – 1930). This company published over 50 fashion magazines. The most popular of these was ‘Chic Parisien’. The publishing house was based in Vienna. Chic Parisien was printed by Josef Eberle. In 1938, after Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich, the Nazi Party underwent ‘Aryanization’ of the administration board which was mostly comprised of the Bachwitz family. As a result of this, the board was replaced and their publishing rights revoked. Rosine, the widow of Arnold Bachwitz and her daughter were killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
The Art Deco Period spanned the 1920s and 30s. The French referred to this time as ‘Annees folles’ (crazy years in French). The term ‘Art Deco’ grew out of the “Exposition National des Artes Decoratifs and Industries Modernes” held in Paris in 1925. It was a time of strong economic growth where people embraced new products and services such as radio, automobiles, aviation, oil, electricity, picture houses and JAZZ. Flapper fashion was promoted by Coco Chanel, typified by a boyish look with short hairdos and loose streamlined garments. A new social freedom for women was being unleashed. In 1926 Chanel also introduced ‘the little black dress’. Décor was sleek and smooth, featuring bold colours and geometric shapes. This period was also shaped with events such as the sinking of the Titanic (1912), the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb (1922) and theCompletion of The Empire State Building (1931). Stars such as Maurice Chevalier, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers were popular. The fads of these times included dancing the Charleston, cloche hats, bright red lipstick and Betty Boop. Just think – this fashion print was present in our world during these times!
This wonderful piece of history would look stunning in an appropriately matched frame. Measuring 39.5 cms by 29.5 cms, it would make a delightful gift if you could bear to part with it.
This hand coloured lithograph Is from the July 1936 Chic Parisien magazine. It features four models dressed in smart day wear. The first model wears a sleek lilac coloured suit featuring a small white collar and a matching white handkerchief in her pocket. Coordinated with this is a white hat. She is wearing white gloves and she is carrying a white coat. Very stylish! The second model wears a sleeveless dress pulled in at the waist. The dress has deep pockets and the bodice of the dress is cut at stunning angular lines. Underneath the dress she wears a rust coloured blouse matched up with a hat and clutch bag. Model three wears shades of green Once again the bodice is a feature with similar angular lines and buttons on the sleeves. The fourth model also wears a dress featuring navy tassels. She wears a navy cape and hat. Oh so glamourous!
Artelier Bachwitz was a fashion publishing company founded by Arnold Bachwitz !1854 – 1930). This company published over 50 fashion magazines. The most popular of these was ‘Chic Parisien’. The publishing house was based in Vienna. Chic Parisien was printed by Josef Eberle. In 1938, after Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich, the Nazi Party underwent ‘Aryanization’ of the administration board which was mostly comprised of the Bachwitz family. As a result of this, the board was replaced and their publishing rights revoked. Rosine, the widow of Arnold Bachwitz and her daughter were killed in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
The Art Deco Period spanned the 1920s and 30s. The French referred to this time as ‘Annees folles’ (crazy years in French). The term ‘Art Deco’ grew out of the “Exposition National des Artes Decoratifs and Industries Modernes” held in Paris in 1925. It was a time of strong economic growth where people embraced new products and services such as radio, automobiles, aviation, oil, electricity, picture houses and JAZZ. Flapper fashion was promoted by Coco Chanel, typified by a boyish look with short hairdos and loose streamlined garments. A new social freedom for women was being unleashed. In 1926 Chanel also introduced ‘the little black dress’. Décor was sleek and smooth, featuring bold colours and geometric shapes. This period was also shaped with events such as the sinking of the Titanic (1912), the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb (1922) and theCompletion of The Empire State Building (1931). Stars such as Maurice Chevalier, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers were popular. The fads of these times included dancing the Charleston, cloche hats, bright red lipstick and Betty Boop. Just think – this fashion print was present in our world during these times!
This wonderful piece of history would look stunning in an appropriately matched frame. Measuring 39.5 cms by 29.5 cms, it would make a delightful gift if you could bear to part with it.
Please note: this fashion print has a 5.5 cm tear at the top of the page, just above the brown and green hat. Otherwise, it is in excellent condition.
