Romantic Age Costumes by Keezer The Afternoon Call

The Afternoon Call
10 3/4 by 14 1/2 inches
KZR7 $145

The spirit of feminine elegance in the Romantic Age is reflected in this lush work of French fashion of the 1830s. The portfolio "Feminine Toilettes and Knick-Knacks of the Romantic Age" was published in 1930 commemorating the centennial of Romanticism. The extravagantly vivid colors of the prints were created by the “pochoir” process, wherein single layers of color were added by hand to a lithograph using a stencil, in a precursor of the silk screening technique which is now widely used for art prints.  It is a complex and difficult printing technique and these prints are large indeed for pochoir prints