#antique illustraton

[mote-historie]

George Barbier, The Cypress and the rose, Summer dress by Dœuillet, 1914. 

DESCRIPTION: A woman carrying a parasol stands next to a small rose bush with her head tilted to the side and one arm akimbo, in a park dotted with cypresses. 

The caption reads in the original French: Le cyprès et la rose.—Robe d’été de Dœuillet.

George Barbier (French), né Georges Augustin Barbier, (1882-1932) was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. (x).

Fashion from 1910-1919 in the Western world was characterized by a rich and exotic opulence in the first half of the decade in contrast with the somber practicality of garments worn during the Great War.

[artdecoandmodernist]

José Loygorri. En el gabinete. Blanco y Negro magazine. 1922.

[leafprinterbooks]

A book for lovers of the sea in my #etsy shop: Sailing Ships of New England: a miniature book in 12th scale, hand bound in stitched black leather with antique illustraton and text https://etsy.me/3ddTuzW   #12thscale #miniaturebook  #sailing ships