Chronology Entry
Year
1962
Text
Moore, Marianne. Worth of Rue de la Paix. In : Harper's bazaar ; no 96 (April 1962).
In this day of jets, blenders, and a page of print grasped at a glance, the perfected workmanship – inside and out – of a dress by Worth seems as unaccountable as the flawless replica – wrong side like right – of antennae, wing-spots, eyes and moth-fur, of Chinese embroidery on imperial satin : an abnormal calligraphy of the imagination-by-finger (finger in gold thimble, as one pictures it), faintly etched…
Forsaking the armorers, the gem of the collection, I would say, is a featherweight azure tissue velvet jacket matching a ball dress, edges with snow leopard down, or at a guess, owl down bronzed by guard hairs ticked like Abyssinian car fur, lined with China silk of the same blue, quilted in wide diagonals. As important as the Beardsley jacket, Mrs. Cheney's riding tunic with Chinese collar double jabot, and deep points traced in steel, has much going on…
In this day of jets, blenders, and a page of print grasped at a glance, the perfected workmanship – inside and out – of a dress by Worth seems as unaccountable as the flawless replica – wrong side like right – of antennae, wing-spots, eyes and moth-fur, of Chinese embroidery on imperial satin : an abnormal calligraphy of the imagination-by-finger (finger in gold thimble, as one pictures it), faintly etched…
Forsaking the armorers, the gem of the collection, I would say, is a featherweight azure tissue velvet jacket matching a ball dress, edges with snow leopard down, or at a guess, owl down bronzed by guard hairs ticked like Abyssinian car fur, lined with China silk of the same blue, quilted in wide diagonals. As important as the Beardsley jacket, Mrs. Cheney's riding tunic with Chinese collar double jabot, and deep points traced in steel, has much going on…
Mentioned People (1)
Moore, Marianne
(Kirkwood, Miss. 1887-1972 New York, N.Y.) : Dichterin, Schriftstellerin
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1986 | Moore, Marianne. The complete prose of Marianne Moore. Ed. and with an introd. by Patricia C. Willis. (New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1986). S. 559-560. | Publication / Moo7 |
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