Evening Dress
Fashion Design
1948-49 (designed)
1948-49 (designed)
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This fashion design shows a woman wearing a white evening dress with a bouffant, or puffed out, skirt designed 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. The design is coupled with a type-written description of the dress, detailing the material out of which it is intended to be made, available colours, size suitability, and price (E.483:6-2006). The dress was available in white or black faille, which is a plain woven textile, originally of silk now also made of wool, characterised by slight, flat ribs in the weft, and used for women's dresses. The dress was also available in pink, white or pale blue satin with narrow gold pipings. The design would have been used as a presentation drawing and forms part of an album of 12 designs with accompanying descriptions from which the client could choose what she wanted to have made.
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and bodycolour on paper |
| Brief description | Fashion design for white evening dress by Marjorie Field, 1948-1949. |
| Physical description | Design from a volume of designs by Marjorie Field. The accompanying typed sheet (E.483:6-2005), which is in the album before this design, describes the dress, the material out of which it is intended to be made, available colours, size suitability and price. Pencil shading and lines have been applied over the dress to show the frills, trimmed plaits and folds. White watercolour strokes and unpainted areas indicate that the dress is white and they highlight the whalebone bodice, while gold watercolour touches show the gold piping (trimming). |
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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 fashion design shows a woman wearing a white evening dress with a bouffant, or puffed out, skirt designed 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. The design is coupled with a type-written description of the dress, detailing the material out of which it is intended to be made, available colours, size suitability, and price (E.483:6-2006). The dress was available in white or black faille, which is a plain woven textile, originally of silk now also made of wool, characterised by slight, flat ribs in the weft, and used for women's dresses. The dress was also available in pink, white or pale blue satin with narrow gold pipings. The design would have been used as a presentation drawing and forms part of an album of 12 designs with accompanying descriptions from which the client could choose what she wanted to have made. |
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| Accession number | E.483:7-2005 |
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| Record created | May 4, 2006 |
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