Dan Arje papers ➔ Bonwit Teller Christmas Themed Window Display Featuring Dress and Christmas Tree by Valerian S. Rybar

Photographic Material

Related people/organizations

Bonwit Teller & Co (commissioner)
Virginia Roehl (photographer)
Valerian S. Rybar (designer)
Dan Arje (compiler)

Date

November 24 1954

Work Type

photographic prints

Measurements

8 in (width) x 10 in (height)

Description

Bonwit Teller window display featuring a dress and a Christmas tree from Valerian S. Rybar's "Christmas Trees Through the Ages". The floor is covered with snow, and the Christmas tree stands upon a miniature snowbank. The Christmas tree is completely made up of tassels and an overhead the light casts a patterned shadow onto the snowbank. The mannequin is wearing a long lace dress with a bejeweled hairband.