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Her little white hands are fluttering like doves the fly to their dove-cots. They are like white butterflies'.\r\n\r\nZatlin goes on to note on p.47 that Colin McDowell, in a 2002 article titled 'Fashion Moment' in <i>The Guardian</i> 'Style' section, made the claim that this drawing was 'the inspiration for Schiaparelli (1930s), Balenciaga (1950s), Versace (1980s) and Viktor & Rolf (2002)'."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Mass produced","id":"THES48863"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Oscar Wilde's Salome"],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["C.22146:6"],"accessionNumberNum":"22146","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-07","recordCreationDate":"2015-08-18","availableToBook":false}}