Herbert Sondheim fashion business scrapbooks ➔ Purple Velvet Evening Dress with Lapis and Coral Buttons

Drawing/Painting/Print

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Related people/organizations

Herbert Sondheim, Inc (compiler)
Madeleine Vionnet (designer)

Date

1930s

Work Type

design drawings

Measurements

5.5 in (width) x 7.75 in (height)

Description

Purple velvet evening dress with a floor-length flared skirt, v-neckline, drop shoulder yoke, puff sleeves, lapis buttons on the front center bodice, and a gold kid leather belt with rows of lapis and coral buttons. Sketch includes a view of the front of the dress (in color) as well as a partial view of the back of the dress (in black and white).

Inscription

[Right]: Vionnet/Purple/velvet/drop shoulder/yoke/puffed/sleeve/cut/shirred/either side/Back/seam/seam/cut [Left]: lapis/buttons/skin/shows/between/loops + buttons/gold kid belt/rows in center/3 lapis button/2 coral/either side

Related Terms

graphite
sketching
Kellen Design Archives

Location

box 2, folder 45

Identifier

KA0039_V8p45-005

Citation

Herbert Sondheim, Inc; Madeleine Vionnet. Purple Velvet Evening Dress with Lapis and Coral Buttons. 1930s. Herbert Sondheim fashion business scrapbooks. New School Archives and Special Collections Digital Archive. Web. 18 Aug 2019.

Use Restrictions

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 

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