Dress

House of Drécoll|Mme. Marguerite de Wagner

1912 · silk · Costume Institute

Drécoll was founded in 1896 by Christoff von Drécoll in Vienna, Austria where he designed fashions for the Imperial family of Austria. In 1902, a couture house was opened in Paris and run by Monsieur and Madame Besancon de Wagner. Their daughter Maggie Rouff was a talented designer, working for the house first and then later managing the business with her husband Pierre beginning in 1929. Eventually, the house merged with the House of Beer and then in 1931 they merged with the House of Agness, closing in 1963.

Artist

House of Drécoll|Mme. Marguerite de Wagner

Date

1912

Medium

silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, Isabel Shults Fund and Millia Davenport and Zipporah Fleisher Fund, 1998