Related people/organizations
Herbert Sondheim, Inc (compiler)
Elsa Schiaparelli (designer)
Date
circa 1938
Work Type
design drawings
Measurements
5.5 in (width) x 8.25 in (height)
Description
Women's black wool suit with a knee-length skirt and long-sleeved box coat featuring a persian fur collar and two rounded persian fur chest pockets with soutache embroidery. Sketch (in color) depicts the model wearing a pink hat and also includes a view of the ensemble worn without the coat, showing a long-sleeved crepe blouse with a stand-up collar, two upper chest pockets, and bands of shirring under the pockets and at the waist.
Inscription
[Right]: Schiap/Blk wool/suit/persian/persian/pockets/flaps emb/in soutache
[Left]: crepe blouse/pocket/shirring
Source
A very similar ensemble was featured in Vogue, 1938:
"A sneak preview...." Telegraph.com. http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG9238318/11/A-sneak-preview-of-the-Schiaparelli-and-Prada-Impossible-Conversations-catalogue-in-pictures.html.
Related Terms
Kellen Design Archives
graphite
sketching
Location
box 4, folder 66
Identifier
KA0039_V9p66-006
Use Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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