{"product_id":"journal-le-printemps-plate-16-january-1883","title":"Journal le Printemps, Plate 16, January 1883","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA. Paul (printmaker), after A. Lefrancq (designer)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJournal le Printemps, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlate 16 January 1883\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-colored Lithograph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis elegant hand-colored fashion plate from the nineteenth-century French periodical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJournal le Printemps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e depicts three stylishly dressed women and four young girls gathered within a refined domestic interior. Several of the figures stand beside a piano holding sheet music. Rendered with delicate detail and so\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eft watercolor to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enes, the composition highlights the luxurious fabrics, fitted bodices, full skirts, ribbons, and fashionable accessories characteristic of late Victorian haute couture. These prints functioned both as a work of decorative art and as a visual guide to contemporary Parisian fashion trends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJournal le Printemps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a prominent French fashion magazine published in association with the elite Parisian department store Printemps. Active from the mid-nineteenth century into the early twentieth century, the publication combined fashion journalism with advertising, offering subscribers finely detailed illustrations of the latest styles available in Paris. These fashion plates were typically printed through engraving or lithographic processes and then meticulously hand-colored by artisans. Such works provide important insight into the evolution of Victorian and early Edwardian dress, documenting changing ideals of femininity, domesticity, and consumer culture during a period when Paris was widely regarded as the international center of fashion. Today, original fashion plates from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJournal le Printemps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are valued by collectors and historians alike for their artistic craftsmanship and their role in preserving the visual culture of nineteenth-century haute couture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH 13.25 x 10 W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Some foxing on edges, tape on back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53519570272535,"sku":"PR0107-14","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0107-14b.jpg?v=1781024618","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/journal-le-printemps-plate-16-january-1883","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}