Fashion Design
c.1950 (designed)
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This fashion design shows a woman wearing a sleeveless dress, buttoned down centre front, with a shawl, made out of the same fabric as the dress, over her shoulders designed by Marjorie Field who with her husband Mr Rhoades, whom she married in 1945, set up the haute couture firm Field Rhoades. It was registered in the London street directories at 77, South Audley Street, London W1 for the years 1948-1949. Underneath the dress, there is probably a crinoline, which is a bell-shaped petticoat made of a stiff, woven fabric with hoops made of some sort of stiffener shaping and supporting the bouffant skirt.
This design was in a folder marked 'Marjorie Field Rhoades' and 'Matita'. There are advertisements for the Matita label in the following editions of Vogue: Vogue, June, 1941, p.13, a photographic advertisement in Vogue, January, 1948, p.2, Vogue, March, 1948, p.34, Vogue, May, 1948, p.3. and Vogue, November, 1948, p.39.
This design was in a folder marked 'Marjorie Field Rhoades' and 'Matita'. There are advertisements for the Matita label in the following editions of Vogue: Vogue, June, 1941, p.13, a photographic advertisement in Vogue, January, 1948, p.2, Vogue, March, 1948, p.34, Vogue, May, 1948, p.3. and Vogue, November, 1948, p.39.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper. |
| Brief description | Fashion design for dress by Marjorie Field, c.1950 |
| Physical description | A drawing depicting a woman wearing a sleeveless dress buttoned down centre front with a shawl, made out of the same fabric as the dress, over her shoulders. Underneath the dress, there is probably a crinoline shaping and supporting the bouffant skirt. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'M / F / R.' (In black ink at the left side. They are the initials for Marjorie Field Rhoades.) |
| 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. This design was in a folder marked 'Marjorie Field Rhoades' and 'Matita'. There are advertisements for the Matita label in the following editions of Vogue: Vogue, June, 1941, p.13, a photographic advertisement in Vogue, January, 1948, p.2, Vogue, March, 1948, p.34, Vogue, May, 1948, p.3. and Vogue, November, 1948, p.39. |
| Summary | This fashion design shows a woman wearing a sleeveless dress, buttoned down centre front, with a shawl, made out of the same fabric as the dress, over her shoulders designed by Marjorie Field who with her husband Mr Rhoades, whom she married in 1945, set up the haute couture firm Field Rhoades. It was registered in the London street directories at 77, South Audley Street, London W1 for the years 1948-1949. Underneath the dress, there is probably a crinoline, which is a bell-shaped petticoat made of a stiff, woven fabric with hoops made of some sort of stiffener shaping and supporting the bouffant skirt. This design was in a folder marked 'Marjorie Field Rhoades' and 'Matita'. There are advertisements for the Matita label in the following editions of Vogue: Vogue, June, 1941, p.13, a photographic advertisement in Vogue, January, 1948, p.2, Vogue, March, 1948, p.34, Vogue, May, 1948, p.3. and Vogue, November, 1948, p.39. |
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| Accession number | E.424-2005 |
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| Record created | May 25, 2006 |
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