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English: Lady Curzon wearing the "Peacock Dress" created for her in 1903 by the House of Worth (designed by Charles Frederick's son, Jean-Philippe Worth) for the Indian Durbar to commemorate Edward VII's Coronation.
The Peacock dress of Lady Curzon is a gown made of gold and silver thread embroidered by the Workshop of Kishan Chand (India), and designed by Jean-Philippe Worth for Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston to celebrate the 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra at the second Delhi Durbar in 1903. [1]
His design and promotional talents had made the House of Worth a highly successful international business. [1] Upon Worth's death in 1895, sons Gaston-Lucien (1853–1924) and Jean-Philippe (1856–1926) assumed the business. [1] In 1924, the House, now operated by grandson Jacques Worth, ventured into the perfume market.
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With a wife and two sons, Gaston Lucien (1853) and Jean Philippe (1856), Worth was eager to establish himself. By this stage, he was a known name. [ 11 ] He acquired a young Swedish business partner, Otto Gustaf Bobergh, and in 1858 the duo set up in business at 7 rue de la Paix , naming the establishment Worth and Bobergh. [ 9 ]
French afternoon dress, circa 1903, cotton and silk, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) In the early twentieth century, the look popularized by the Gibson Girl was fashionable. [54] The upper part of women's dresses in the Edwardian era included a "pigeon breast" look that gave way to a corseted waist and an s-shaped silhouette. [54]
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