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Gelatin silver print
Miss Marguerite Pillow costumed as "The Princesse de Savoie," for the Quebec City Historical Ball, Montreal, Quebec, 1927
Photography studio
Rice Studio Limited
SignatureUnderneath image, l.r. : RICE / MONTREAL
InscriptionsOn back, handwritten, t. : Marguerite PILLOW (MRS. MURRAY VAUGHAN) - DRESS M967.11.17 / 1927
Date
1927
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper mounted on card
Gelatin silver process
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions24.7 × 16.9 cm
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberM975.118.39.3
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of L. Marguerite Vaughan
NotesExhibition Costume Balls - Dressing Up History, 1870-1927
The Princesse de Savoie
Marguerite Pillow of Montreal recalled that she had her dress copied from a portrait of Madame de Pompadour in the Louvre. Unlike most costumes displayed here, hers has never been altered. While the 1890s renderings of the 18th century always conformed to the hourglass silhouette fashionable in that decade, this version, like others from the 1920s, opted for the flattened bustline so fashionable then.
The Princesse de Savoie
Marguerite Pillow of Montreal recalled that she had her dress copied from a portrait of Madame de Pompadour in the Louvre. Unlike most costumes displayed here, hers has never been altered. While the 1890s renderings of the 18th century always conformed to the hourglass silhouette fashionable in that decade, this version, like others from the 1920s, opted for the flattened bustline so fashionable then.
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