A panorama of Parisian fashion at the beginning of the twentieth century: 150 original drawings of women’s clothing, 1904-1906

FULL DESCRIPTION: la maison Detrois

[FASHION - DRAWINGS - PHOTOGRAPHS]. Album de la maison Detrois, rue du Bac, comportant les saisons été 1904, hiver 1904-1905, été 1905 et hiver 1905-1906.
[Paris, 1906].
(31.8 x 40 cm). 28 leaves of plates with 150 drawings (18 x10 cm), 2 watercolors (30 x 17 cm), and 8 photographs (8.5 x 6 cm). Contemporary green goatskin spine over pebbled cloth boards.

Original watercolor drawings : the caption reveals the dress was displayed at the 1905 Liège Exhibition and sold with a “manteau de cour” to Madame de Schaeffel, for the Court of Bavaria.

The firm Maison Gaildraud, (Henri) Detrois et Cie is listed in the catalog for the Exposition Universelle & Internationale de Liège 1905, p. 18, and in the 1913 Annuaire du Commerce Didot-Bottin, p. 298, selling coats, suits, and furs at 41-43 rue du Bac, Paris.

A remarkable collection of high-fashion dresses, some undoubtedly intended for promenades and appearance at court, drawn with great finesse. A panorama of Belle Époque women’s fashion.