I just saw the exhibit, Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay at the De Young Museum, S.F. Saturday, and the piece we all know as Whistler's Mother (painted 1871) has a drapery at the left of the painting. I mentioned to my husband that I had never realized that the drape had a Japanese pattern and he said that he had read that it was actually a kimono Whistler used. (American painter in England at the time of painting.) LynnD
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Cin <cinbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Certainly in Japan! The Bunka Gakuin had an exhibit of Worth gowns > made for the Imperial Court and assorted lords & ladies, ambassadors & > that sort. Lots of Asian designs of birds & flowers especially those > invoking the seasons, such as peonies, cranes. Imperial > chrysanthamums in profusion, of course. There's another yellow Worth > gown with a design of Chinese stylized clouds and Japanese rising sun > rays. > You can also look thru the Kyoto Museum of Costume catalog for some ideas. > Over the last couple centuries, seems like every 20 years or so > there's a fad for Chinoiserie or Japanoiserie. > There's a framed Peterson's fashion plate hanging on the wall in my > dining room entitled "Receiving in the Japanese Room" May 1879. The > (western) ladies wear mildly Asian fabric design made up as completely > typical European fashions. The lady wearing a dolman with very > Chinese designs is bowing Japanese-style. > I also have two triple ukyio-e (Japan 1880s) hanging showing the > Imperial court in semi-Western fashions. > There's another big rush for Asian designs (nearly any ethnic design, > really) after WWI. These arent brocades, tho. > I'll send you a few photos off-list, if you like. > Yoroshiku, > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > cinbar...@gmail.com > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Kimiko Small <sstormwa...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > With all the current discussion on Victorian era clothing (something I am > trying to learn more about), I was wondering when Asian fabrics might have > been used, if at all? Or is that something that comes in later, like > Edwardian era or later? > > > > The reason why I ask is I have some Asian brocade fabrics in my stash > that was originally meant for a larp costume, but I am pondering using it > for a Victorian winter > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
