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Isabelle de Borchgrave
b. 1946, Belgium
Elizabeth I Court Dress, 2001
Inspired by a ca. 1599 portrait by the studio of Nicolas Hilliard (English, ca. 1547-1619) at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Le Noir du Roi (The Black King), 2009
Costume designed by Léon Bakst for La Belle au Bois Dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) in 1921
(220 x 135 x 95cm)
Madame de Pompadour Court Dress, 2001
Inspired by a ca. 1756 portrait of Madame de Pompadour by Francois Boucher in the collection of Alte Pinakothek, Munich
69 11/16 x 40 3/16 x 25 9/16 inches
(177 x 102 x 65 cm)
Lorenzo il Magnifico, 2007
Inspired by the painting Journey of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli in the Medici Chapel in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence. He is represented here as page Gaspard, down from his horse.
(200 x 75 x 71cm)
Isabelle de Borchgrave
b. 1946, Belgium
Day Dress, 1994
Based on an English Day dress 1855 in
the collection of the Kyoto Costume
Institute
Paul Poiret Evening Ensemble and Shoe, 1997
Inspired by a ca. 1912 ensemble designed by Paul Poiret (French, 1879– 1944) in the collection of The Museum at FIT, New York
Shoe: 6 ¼ x 9 x 3 ⅛ inches
Robe à la Polonaise, 1994
Based on a ca. 1780-85 gown of handpainted Chinese export silk in the collection of The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
1970.87ab 59 ⅛ x 39 ⅜ x 31 ½ inches
Small white bag, 1994
25x 20 x 1.5 cm
Three Tutus
115 x 110 x 90cm
Yellow Shoe, 18th century
12 x 22 x 9cm
Worth Evening Gown and Shoe, 1994
Based on an 1898 dress designed by Charles Frederick Worth (English, active
France, 1825–1895) in the collection of The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Dress: 59 ⅛ x 27 ⅝ x 59 ⅛ inches
Isabelle de Borchgrave
b. 1946, Belgium
Mantua, 2011
Based on a court mantua ca. 1750 in the collection of the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London
Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper
February 19, 2021 – August 22, 2021
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Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper features the life-size, trompe l’œil paper costumes of Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave (born 1946). Following a visit to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum in 1994, de Borchgrave began working in the new medium, creating trompe l’œilpaper works in what eventually would become four major paper fashion collections.
The first, Papiers à la Mode (Paper in Fashion), takes a fresh look at three hundred years of fashion history from Elizabeth I to the Ballets Russes. The World of Mariano Fortuny immerses museum-goers in the elegant world of twentieth-century Venice. Splendor of the Medici leads visitors through the streets of Florence, where they come across famous figures in their sumptuous ceremonial dress. And in Les Ballets Russes, de Borchgrave pays tribute to Sergei Diaghilev, Pablo Picasso, Léon Bakst, and Henri Matisse, who all designed for this extraordinary ballet company.
For this exhibition, all four collections will be presented together, for the first time, in a survey of de Borchgrave’s innovative work. Along with these pieces, a series of kaftans highlighting Silk Road textiles will be included as well.
IN-GALLERY RESOURCES
Enjoy virtual programs inspired by the exhibition via the show’s YouTube Playlist!
This exhibition is organized by Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, in cooperation with Isabelle de Borchgrave Studio.
This exhibition is supported by:
W. L. Lyons Brown, Jr. Foundation
(Cary Brown & Steven Epstein)
Hardscuffle, Inc.
