Fashion Design
c.1960 (designed)
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This fashion design shows a woman wearing a white silk dress with what is intended to be coffee and pale blue drapery, clasped with a jewel at the left shoulder, from where it is swathed across the right breast and around the back from where it falls full-length into a train which trails along the ground. This design is by Marjorie Field for the haute couture firm Field Rhoades which was registered in the London street directories at 77, South Audley Street, London W1 for the years 1948 to 1949. On the design, pencil shading and lines have been applied over the white dress to describe the two shades of drapery. At top right, the designer noted, in pencil, the fabric and colours out of which the dress was intended to be made and special features of the design.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Fashion design for white silk dress jewelled clasped with drapery by Marjorie Field, c.1960 |
| Physical description | A pencil drawing depicting a woman wearing a sleeveless, full-length white silk dress with coffee and pale blue drapery clasped at the left shoulder with a jewel from where it is swathed across the right breast and around the back from where it falls full-length and trails across the ground in a train. Pencil shading and lines have been applied to describe the two shades of drapery. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'White silk dress, / drapery in / coffee & pale blue / Jewelled clasp' (In pencil at the top right side) |
| 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 fashion design shows a woman wearing a white silk dress with what is intended to be coffee and pale blue drapery, clasped with a jewel at the left shoulder, from where it is swathed across the right breast and around the back from where it falls full-length into a train which trails along the ground. This design is by Marjorie Field for the haute couture firm Field Rhoades which was registered in the London street directories at 77, South Audley Street, London W1 for the years 1948 to 1949. On the design, pencil shading and lines have been applied over the white dress to describe the two shades of drapery. At top right, the designer noted, in pencil, the fabric and colours out of which the dress was intended to be made and special features of the design. |
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| Accession number | E.445-2005 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2006 |
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