Pierrot and pierrette

so...i've been thinking a lot about Pierrot & Pierrette (or Pirouette) lately...they crept into my subconscious a while back, like a blast from the past, and then - wouldn't you know it - the very next day i saw a whole bunch of sad and abandoned Pierrot figurines in a charity shop. i managed to resist the strong urge to snap them up (only slightly regretting it now) but it made me think i really want to do that look at my next fancy dress outing - so i've been looking for bits and bobs like…

Pierrot and Pierret ornaments

Very cute image, and one of many charming ideas coming out of Frances love for the Pierrot story. This is one of two cards, out of an apparent series, that were listing this week. Its in very nice condition. If you look carefully, you will see a bit of writing in the upper right corner of the card.

Edward Mason Eggleston was an American painter who specialized in calendar portraits of women, fashionable and fantastic. He was also a well known commercial il...

Jean-Charles Worth. 'Pierrette No. 1' Costume design for a fancy dress ball or theatre production. Paris, 1920s.

I spent this afternoon absorbed in searching for vintage images of Pierrot and Pierrette. No reason... I just think they are cool. And quirky. And they give me ideas... Cheers, Jenny

Ah, romance, plucking passions purple plum :) Lovely Pierrot image published by Alfred Noyer of Paris. Following the Great War (1914-1918), and by the time the 1920s rolled into view, a little of the gilding had begun to rub off the golden age of the picture postcard. Germany, whose technical and

Pierrot and Pierrette - the French versions of Harlequin and Columbine. They were likable, clownlike figures in a pantheon of other characters known in Italy as "Comedia Del Arte". They had multiple origins, not the least being the Court Jesters of medieval & Renaissance Europe.