Fashion Design
1948-49 (designed)
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This is a fashion design, depicting a woman wearing a royal blue coat and hat, 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. A smaller pencil sketch at the bottom left shows the back of the coat, emphasing the fall of the skirt and the nipped-in waist. The design is signed with the name of the firm, and would have been used as a presentation drawing, for clients to decide which model they wanted to have made.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and bodycolour on paper |
| Brief description | Fashion design for coat and hat by Marjorie Field, 1940s. |
| Physical description | Fashion design of a woman wearing a three-quarter length royal blue coat over a white dress with blue spots, with a white and blue hat. The bodycolour has been applied over an original pencil sketch, filling it in, and more pencil lines and shading have been applied over the bodycolour on the blue coat giving it greater detail and definition. A smaller pencil sketch at the bottom left shows the back of the coat. The paper has been hole-punched and folded once. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
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| 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, depicting a woman wearing a royal blue coat and hat, 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. A smaller pencil sketch at the bottom left shows the back of the coat, emphasing the fall of the skirt and the nipped-in waist. The design is signed with the name of the firm, and would have been used as a presentation drawing, for clients to decide which model they wanted to have made. |
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| Accession number | E.474-2005 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2006 |
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