A Palm Beach (Tailleur, de Worth)

This hand-colored pochoir print from a Paris fashion journal depicts an elegantly dressed woman in a coral wool suit by the couturier Worth, set against a stylized beach landscape. The composition—with its flattened perspective, bold outlines, and decorative botanical elements—derives from the tradition of fashion plates and satirical prints. The small dog at her feet and the exaggerated jewelry and facial features reflect the caricatural wit common to early 20th-century fashion illustration. The work combines commercial fashion promotion with the graphic economy of the print satire tradition descending from 18th and 19th-century masters like Hogarth and Daumier, here channeled into modern luxury marketing for an affluent Parisian readership.