Fashion Design
1948-49 (designed)
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This is a fashion design showing a woman wearing a long evening dress, designed by Marjorie Field in the 1940s for the haute couture firm Field Rhoades which was registered in the London street directories at 77, South Audley Street, London W1 from 1948 to 1949. The skirt is full and the nipped-in waist is embellished with elaborate bows at the back. A smaller sketch on the right shows a detail of the front of the dress. There is almost no shading in the drawing, and instead confident, sweeping lines are used to convey the outlines and folds, giving the dress a sense of style and panache. Unlike most of the other designs in the same folder from which it comes, it is not coloured or signed.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Fashion design for evening dress by Marjorie Field, 1940s. |
| Physical description | A woman wearing a floor-length evening dress with necklace and bracelet. The dress has a small waist, with elaborate bows at the back, and a full skirt. A smaller pencil sketch at the right shows the front of the dress, from shoulder to below the hips. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'EXCELSIOR / SUPERFINE /BRITISH MAKE' (This lettering in the watermark is followed by a combination of letters and numbers. This is the same watermark (although the letters and numbers might not be the same) and kind of paper as E.470-2005 and E.471-2005, and is unlike most of the other sheets in the same folder, which are coarser paper, without a watermark, hole-punched and have folding marks, sometimes several times.) |
| Credit line | Given by Paul Williamson |
| Object history | The provenance can be traced back to Gwen Mandley, an artist who was a friend of the designer, Marjorie Field. |
| Production | The haute couture firm Field Rhoades was registered in the London street directories at 77, South Audley Street, London W1 for the years 1948 to 1949. Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | This is a fashion design showing a woman wearing a long evening dress, designed by Marjorie Field in the 1940s for the haute couture firm Field Rhoades which was registered in the London street directories at 77, South Audley Street, London W1 from 1948 to 1949. The skirt is full and the nipped-in waist is embellished with elaborate bows at the back. A smaller sketch on the right shows a detail of the front of the dress. There is almost no shading in the drawing, and instead confident, sweeping lines are used to convey the outlines and folds, giving the dress a sense of style and panache. Unlike most of the other designs in the same folder from which it comes, it is not coloured or signed. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.478-2005 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2006 |
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