| Title: |
La Mode Illustree (The Illustrated Fashion) |
| Artist: |
Toudouze, Adele-Anais 'born, Adele Anais Colin' (Paris, 1822 - 1899) |
| Date: |
1869 |
| Medium: |
Original Hand-Colored Engraving |
| Publisher: |
La Mode Illustree, Paris |
| Printer: |
Gilquin Fils, Imp., Paris |
| Note: |
Adele-Anais Toudouze (Paris, 1822-1899) was one of the
major artists for La Mode. She belonged to a most talented family of
artists and engravers. Other family members who produced fashion plates
and fine art included her father, who was a French painter of genre and historical subjects, Alexandre-Marie Colin (1798-1873) and
her daughter, Isabelle Toudouze (1872-1925). In 1845 Adele-Anais married
the painter and architect, Gabriel-Auguste Toudouze. She is also listed as Maddemoiselle Anais Colin, Adele-Anais Colin, & Adele-Anais Colin-Toudouze. |
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In the mid Victorian era two factors directly contributed
to the development of the original fashion engraving. The sewing machine
became widely used during the latter 1850’s and by the 1860’s
paper patterns had been introduced for it. High fashion was thus now
available for the first time to most women. Secondly, a new and rapidly
growing economic force was making itself felt and the publishing industry
began to cater directly to both upper and middle class women. The fashion
market underwent a huge expansion with such publishers as Peterson’s and Godey’s, in America, and the Englishwoman’s Domestic
Magazine, in Britain, printing numerous fashion engravings and patterns.
Paris, however, was the center of it all and La Mode Illustree (The Illustrated Fashion) was the
unrivaled leader of the fashion engraving during this period. |
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From 1860 to 1872 La Mode created some of the finest fashion
plates of the era. Its engravings were larger, more detailed and much
more artistically hand-colored than any of its competitors in England,
France or America. By 1872, however, the high cost of publishing these
original works of art -- such as this example --were too prohibitive,
and La Mode was forced to relinquish the field to its cheaper rivals. |
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For years these original engravings have been avidly sought
by collectors. The appeal of these works, in fact, has been so strong
that photomechanical reproductions have been made since the early 1920’s.
One can easily determine these reproductions by the poor quality of the
paper and by the general dullness of the image and the coloring. |
| Size: |
12 X 8 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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View larger Matted Image |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
| Condition: |
Printed upon mid nineteenth century wove paper and with
full margins as published by La Mode Illustree in 1869. Containing one
slight tear in the lower margin (well removed from the actual engraving),
else a brilliantly printed and colored impression and in very good condition
throughout. |
| Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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