In Gilles Berquet’s luminous photographs, vintage French lingerie comes alive with exquisite precision: Each piece of lingerie is a floating objet d’art – a stunning example of artistry and ingenuity. This is one in a series of images photographer Berquet shot for our traveling Lingerie Française Exhibition XIX-XXI, also reprinted in a book of the same title by fashion curator Catherine Ormen.

Details on the photo above: Corset in elastic weave with stays and adjustable elastic garters, circa 1910, Chantelle; shorty in re-embroidered lace, circa 2012, Lise Charmel.

Photograph by Gilles Berquet for the Lingerie Française Exhibition XIX-XXI.