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Design for a Washstand for the Blue Bedroom, Hous'hill

Hubert de GivenchyWW-1904-150816

1904·Watercolor and graphite on paper·10 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (26 × 30.2 cm)

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994

Catalogue

Year: 1904
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (26 × 30.2 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Hubert de Givenchy

Artist

Hubert de Givenchy

Fashion Design

Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy was a French fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the personal and professional wardrobe of Audrey Hepburn and clothing for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970.

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