Fashion Design
1936-39 (designed)
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Dress with matching gloves and shoes, specially designed by Norman Hartnell for H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth. It is a full skirted dress with tiny waist with a tiered yoke forming short puffed sleeves. The tiered skirt is threaded with light blue ribbons which emphasise the different layers. The dress is worn with matching jewellery and gloves.
Norman Hartnell was best known as one of the couturiers to the British royal family. From the late 1940s to the 1970s he designed a wide range of clothes that Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth wore for their official duties.
Norman Hartnell was best known as one of the couturiers to the British royal family. From the late 1940s to the 1970s he designed a wide range of clothes that Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth wore for their official duties.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, coloured chalk, coloured inks. |
| Brief description | Design for a day dress with matching gloves and shoes, made by Norman Hartnell ca. 1936-39 for H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth. |
| Physical description | Party dress with matching gloves and shoes, specially designed for H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth. The design on the left is a full skirted tier dress with minute waist with tiered yoke forming puff short sleeves. The skirt is all threaded with light blue coloured ribbon which emphasises the different layers. The dress is worn with matching jewellery and gloves. |
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| Credit line | Given by Norman Hartnell |
| Summary | Dress with matching gloves and shoes, specially designed by Norman Hartnell for H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth. It is a full skirted dress with tiny waist with a tiered yoke forming short puffed sleeves. The tiered skirt is threaded with light blue ribbons which emphasise the different layers. The dress is worn with matching jewellery and gloves. Norman Hartnell was best known as one of the couturiers to the British royal family. From the late 1940s to the 1970s he designed a wide range of clothes that Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth wore for their official duties. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956. |
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| Accession number | E.15-1943 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2008 |
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