"Rose Poupon" modèle, fashion figure
Jeanne Lanvin1921/1922
FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States
"Rose Poupon" modèle, Jeanne Lanvin fashion doll; "24954" painted in black ink at nape of neck.
Label: "Jeanne Lanvin Paris /22 Faubourg St. Honore" in yellow on white tape label sewn to PL lower corner of skirt.
Date: Fall/Winter 1921-1922
Note: See Vogue (NY) April 1, 1921 for photograph of similar dolls in International Silk Exhibition at Grand Central Palace (exhibition took place February 12-17, 1921).
See unpublished paper and published magazine in Collection Documentation file: "An American Art Doll for High and Other Fashions" by Elizabeth Ann Coleman (later published in American Doll Collector 2016). Doll series was made by team affiliated with The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and were meant to display and promote contemporary fashion and textile design. Lanvin then became aware of the dolls and asked to dress examples.
See "Bonwit Teller Showing Brooklyn Museum Dolls Dressed by Jeanne Lanvin," Woman's Wear Daily March 6, 1923
- Title: "Rose Poupon" modèle, fashion figure
- Creator: Jeanne Lanvin
- Date Created: 1921/1922
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: H: 23"
- Provenance: FIDM Museum Purchase; Funds Provided by Tonian Hohberg.
- Type: Fashion figure
- Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
- Medium: Painted wood, silk crêpe, silk satin, silk ribbon, silk netting & metal
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