
Le Cyprès et la Rose: Gazette du Bon Ton 1914
Title: Le Cyprès et la Rose Author: Gazette du Bon Ton Date: 1914 Medium: Pochoir print Condition: Excellent - light age toning Inches: 6 x 8 [Image] Centimeters: 15.24 x 20.32 [Image] Product ID: 316040 Le Cyprès et la Rose Robe d'été de Dœuillet Gazette du Bon Ton — No. 7. Juillet 1914. — Pl. 70 ... "The Cypress and the RoseDœuillet summer dressGazette du Bon Ton — No. 7. July 1914. — Pl. 70" Image from the Gazette du Bon Ton (roughly “The Journal of Good Taste”), a magazine which catered to Parisian high society through its sumptuous depictions of luxury French fashion. This exclusive publication, which charged today’s equivalent of over $400 per yearly subscription, ran from 1912-1925, breaking between 1915 and 1920 due to the onset of World War I. Each issue’s ten color plates showcased the designs of leading French fashion houses such as Worth, Beer, Poiret, and Dœuillet. The magazine’s whimsical illustrations featured real articles of clothing which would have