Très Parisien, 1923, No 10: 9. - EMERAUDE. - Cette robe de moire Renaissance.... 1923

Editor: So, here we have a drawing titled "Tr\u00e8s Parisien, 1923, No 10: 9. - EMERAUDE. - Cette robe de moire Renaissance...." It was created in 1923. It’s anonymous but currently resides in the Rijksmuseum. I see ink and watercolor—the drawing has an art deco sensibility, but the style seems very vintage. It is giving me the roaring twenties! The focal point is definitely the dress and it’s accompanied by descriptive text. What particularly stands out to you about this piece? Curator: Oh, this image sings to me of a bygone era, a jazz age dream spun from ink and water. Don't you feel like you could step right into a Fitzgerald novel looking at it? The anonymous artist really captured the mood with the subtle lines, using emerald hues to evoke a sense of understated glamour. It is both detailed and simple. The subject is, after all, just wearing a dress, or "robe," but how much it reveals! Tell me, Editor, do you notice the figure’s ambiguous gaze and subtle gesture with their left hand? Where do you think the figure is located and to whom do you think the figure is gesturing? Editor: That's interesting because I imagined the artist capturing a street scene in a series, perhaps a new release with each turn of the season. It evokes that very feeling of seeing someone fashionable and trying to take note without being detected, I wonder what they saw? The emerald color certainly makes you focus. Curator: I agree! A very keen observation; it can function as a mirror reflecting cultural aspirations or as a window showing a curated moment, either way, I find myself dreaming in emerald. It makes me ponder the power of fashion to inspire and captivate. It's like they are sharing a secret. Editor: Absolutely! It really puts into perspective the different interpretations art can bring forward, a captured moment of time which speaks across eras.