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Fashion Design

late 1930s (made)
Artist/Maker
Pittrohf, Nan (fashion designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Design for a wedding dress with a trained veil, and with a sample of ivory satin fabric attached with a staple.


Object details

Categories
Marriage
Womenswear
Fashion
Clothing
Hats & Headwear
Object type
Fashion design
Materials and techniques
Pencil, body-colour and water-colour and chinese white on tracing paper mounted onto white paper, and satin fabric.
Pencil
Gouache
Water-Colour
Chinese White
Tracing Paper
Satin
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Nan Pittrohf. Desgn for a wedding dress with a trained veil, and with a sample of ivory satin fabric attached with a staple
Physical description
Design for a wedding dress with a trained veil, and with a sample of ivory satin fabric attached with a staple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 19cm
Dimensions are for overall size, i. e. to edges of white paper. Tracing paper measures 27.2 x 18.5 cm (height x width) Satin fabric sample measures 13.5 x 17 cm (height x width)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. M.M. White
Subject depicted
Wedding Dresses
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.243-1998

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Record createdJune 29, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11457/fashion-design-pittrohf-nan/
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