Victorian Le Moniteur de la Mode French Fashion Prints

Late 19th Century, Original

Artist or Maker

Jules David

Medium

Hand-colored Prints

Date

Late 19th Century

Condition Report

Very Good

Exhibited

Currently Mebane Antique Gallery and available for preview

Literature

Illustrated by the prominent artist Jules David for the acclaimed publication Le Moniteur de la Mode, the complete ensemble beautifully captures the curated lifestyle of the Victorian elite across carefully choreographed social environments. Moving sequentially from left to right, the beautifully preserved hand-colored scenes depict an elegant outdoor travel transition at a railway platform, an intimate garden promenade overlooking a grand estate, a domestic interior parlor gathering by a hearth, and a formal courtyard stroll featuring a prize hound. Bound together by matching period dark wood frames with brilliant gold-leaf inner bevels, this sequential quartet transcends mere apparel advertisement, serving as a rare, unified time capsule of Romantic-era domesticity, architecture, and luxury textile design

Provenance

Turner

Notes

Available for live in house bidding and pay-pick up from our gallery, Always bid with confidence with Mebane Auction. Thank you Jon Lambert

Condition

Very Good