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Rare, signed, hand-colored Parisian fashion lithograph from 1861 - $25 (Longmont)
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Signed lower right corner.
$25 obo
Print is 8” x 10”
Heloise was born into an elite artistic family; she was the daughter of painter Alexandre Colin. Alongside her sisters, Anaïs Toudouze and Laure Noël, she dominated the Parisian fashion illustration industry.
Her work appears in museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan in NYC.
She had a distinguished career: Leloir routinely produced delicate watercolor sketches and hand-colored steel engravings for major international fashion publications including La Mode Illustrée, Le Bon Ton, and Le Petit Messager.
Her illustrations are highly valued today by historians and collectors for their accurate portrayals of mid-19th-century textiles, crinoline silhouettes, and outer garments.
Historical Context of the Print
The Publication: Le Petit Messager was a luxury fashion journal printed in Paris (located at rue St. Anne 64, as seen in the bottom text inscription).Fashion Elements: The plate captures the peak of the wide crinoline skirt era of the early 1860s. It displays a seated woman in a brown pleated dress and a standing companion wearing a heavy, fur-trimmed winter mantle over a pleated teal gown.