Jacques Doucet (fashion designer)
Jacques Doucet (French pronunciation: [ʒak du.sɛ]) (1853–1929) was a French fashion designer and art collector. He is known for his elegant dresses, made with flimsy translucent materials in superimposing pastel colors.
Life
Doucet was born in Paris in 1853 to a prosperous family whose
Several years after World War I, in 1927, Cubists Joseph Csaky, Jacques Lipchitz, Louis Marcoussis, Henri Laurens, the sculptor Gustave Miklos, and others collaborated in the decoration of a studio house, rue Saint-James, Neuilly-sur-Seine. The hôtel particulier, owned by Doucet was designed by the architect Paul Ruaud. Laurens designed the fountain, Csaky designed Doucet's staircase, Lipchitz made the fireplace mantel and Marcoussis created a Cubist rug.[1][2][3][4]
Legacy
A collector of art and literature throughout his life, by the time of his death he had a collection of
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Dress, 1880s
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Ball gown, 1898–1900
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Afternoon dress, ca 1903
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Dress, 1914
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Suit, 1915
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Dress, 1917
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Day Dress, 1920–1923
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Jacques Doucet's hôtel particulier, 33 rue Saint-James, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1929.
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Jacques Doucet's hôtel particulier, 33 rue Saint-James, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1929.
References
- ISBN 0300099088.
- ^ Aestheticus Rex (14 April 2011). "Jacques Doucet's Studio St. James at Neuilly-sur-Seine". Aestheticusrex.blogspot.com.es.
- ISBN 0300047169.
- ISBN 9780871692306.
- ^ "Historique de la bibliothèque" (in French). Sorbonne. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ISBN 9782213630298.