"Portrait Of Madeleine Vionnet" Silver-Gelatin Photograph by Cecil Beaton (SIGNED) From The Beaton Studio Sotheby Parke Bernet (SOLD)

Stamped on verso:

From The Beaton Studio Sotheby Parke Bernet

& Ink signed by Cecil Beaton: Madame Vionnet (1876-1975)

Photo Sz: 9.75"H x 8"W
Frame Sz: 14.5"H x 13.25"W

w/ gilt bamboo frame & lavender mat

Madeleine Vionnet (June 22, 1876, Loiret, France – March 2, 1975) was a French fashion designer. Vionnet trained in London before returning to France to establish her first fashion house in Paris in 1912. Although it was forced to close in 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War, it re-opened after the war and Vionnet became one of the leading designers of 1920s-30s Paris. Vionnet was forced to close her house in 1939 and retired in 1940.

Called the "Queen of the bias cut" and "the architect among dressmakers", Vionnet is best known today for her elegant Grecian-style dresses and for popularising the bias cut within the fashion world and is credited with inspiring a number of recent designers.