Auguste Felix sketches

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: SC.161

Sketch labled 'Collier Ciscassien' of two head ornaments of botanicals and draped chain

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains unsigned, small scale, highly detailed color watercolor and pencil sketches of hair ornaments (some including floral motifs or beading), hats and scarves. Many have a handwritten label with name of the piece in French and a date.

Dates

Creation: 1859 - 1864

Creator

Poirer Chapeaux (Firm) (Organization)
Félix, Auguste (active 1860s) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical / Historical

Auguste Félix was a milliner (presumably French) active in the 1860s. Little biographical information is found for him, but his sketches do appear in the V&A collection as well as the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. May have had some affiliation with the milliner Poirier.