Modern chemise
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1901
This object is a French postcard titled "Modern chemise" from the series "La chemise á travers les ages." Created around 1901 by the artist Louis La Riverend, it is produced on card using a colour halftone process. The individual postcard measures approximately 9 cm in height by 14 cm in width, mounted inside an album that measures 25.8 cm high, 21 cm wide, and 7 cm deep.
The illustration depicts an interior scene featuring a woman seated upon an ornate sofa. She is dressed in a transparent garment and blue stockings, positioned beside a covered table with decorative furnishings and ceramics in the background. She is depicted looking toward the picture of a man. The right section of the card face provides blank space, typical of undivided back postcard designs of the period.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
The postcard forms part of the Milford Haven Collection, an assemblage of 442 French, Italian, and German erotic postcards dating from the early twentieth century. Once owned by a member of the Milford Haven family, the collection of 'Cartes postales fantaisistes' was arranged into three bound albums categorized by subject matter and accompanied by a typed catalogue from 1960. It was acquired by E.J. Dingwell in 1960.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- colour halftone
- Dimensions
- Height (album): 25.8 cm; Width (album): 21 cm; Depth (album): 7 cm; Height (card): 9 cm; Width (card): 14 cm
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Text and label on album cover; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'PostCards / THE MILFORD HAVEN COLLECTION OF POST CARDS / SECTION I - SECTION VI. SECTION IX. / SECTIONS 1 - 6.9 / Numbers 1-35/ " 72 - 120 / " 148 - 153 / " 163 - 184 / " 205 - 227 / " 250 - 313 / " 350 - 412'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
- Maker recorded
- La Riverend, Louis
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Modern chemise
- Museum object number
- E.523:173-2001
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.