Decorative Plate, D'Arceau Limoges, François Ganeau, Les Femmes du Siècle, Albertine La Femme Liane 1910, France, Vintage 1976 hooks-holders-hangers often engraved the year of

often engraved the year of manufacture in a box with a number

is a classic example of 1940s valentine design

Facing financial trouble

holds 8 oz

marked "Germany

Decorative Plate, D'Arceau Limoges, François Ganeau, Les Femmes du Siècle, Albertine La Femme Liane 1910, France, Vintage 1976 hooks-holders-hangers often engraved the year ofParis, 1910. Paul Poiret has just liberated women from the corset, and Albertine steps forward in his harem trousers sinuous, unconventional, utterly modern for her moment. Commissioned by the Parisian Fashion Chamber and produced in Limoges, this series of 12 plates traces a century of French womanhood through the eyes of artist Franois Ganeau painter, sculptor, and designer of the Vendme typeface. This plate Albertine La Femme Liane, depicting