#augustine martin

Blue Silk Afternoon Dress, ca. 1885, French.

Designed by Augustine Martin.

Met Museum

• Afternoon dress.

Design House: Augustine Martin & Company; Designer: Augustine Martin (French)

Date: ca. 1885

Culture: French

Austin Clarke – Three Poems Revisited

My beloved copy of Soundings

Recently I was browsing through my precious, dog-eared and scribbled-on copy of Soundingsand came across the three Austin Clarke poems featured in that anthology.  ‘The Lost Heifer’, ‘The Blackbird of Derrycairn’, and ‘The Planter’s Daughter’ brought back fond memories of English classes long ago!  The Clarke poems selected in Augustine Martin’s infamous Interim (!)…

Day dress, ca. 1880, by Augustine Martin.

“This dress bears the label of Augustine Martin and was purchased at the Philadelphia dry good emporium Darlington, Runk & Co. in 1880. The success of the House of Worth paved the way for many other French couture houses such as Emile Pingat, Jacques Doucet, and Ernest Raudnitz. Even a relatively obscure maker such as Augustine Martin benefited from the success of Worth - a Parisian import was prized even if from a less established name.”

Appliqued Velvet Afternoon Jacket, 1895

Augustine Martin & Company