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Title
Two piece suit.
Names
Alexander, Pearl Levy (Designer)
André (Firm) (Creator)
Collection

André Fashion Illustrations from NYPL's Picture Collection

1940s Fashion Drawings.

Dates / Origin
Place: New York
Date Created: 1940-11-04
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC Andre FASH-194
Topics
Fashion
Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States -- 1940-1949
Dresses -- 1940-1949
Suits (Clothing) -- 1940-1949
Trapunto
Jackets -- 1940-1949
Box pleats
Pockets -- 1940-1949
Genres
Fashion design drawings
Illustrations
Notes
Source identifier: 24311a (Hades Legacy Identifier / Struc ID)
Content: Includes smaller back view of jacket and front view of dress worn beneath.
Content: Printed on image: "Designed by Pearl Alexander" "André 570 Seventh Avenue New York City"
Content: Fitted collarless jacket with cinched waistline, and four slanted trapunto pockets dropping from shoulder seams. Worn with matching long-sleeved dress with trapunto waist pockets and box-pleated skirt.
Content: Printed on image: "Four high pockets are emphasized with trapunto embroidery."
Date: Illustration origninally bound in Spring 1940-1941.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4c6684f0-c5d3-012f-525a-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • : Place
  • 1940: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Two piece suit." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9f02e07f-bf07-ecd1-e040-e00a1806095a

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Two piece suit." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9f02e07f-bf07-ecd1-e040-e00a1806095a

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Two piece suit. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9f02e07f-bf07-ecd1-e040-e00a1806095a

Wikipedia Citation

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Two piece suit.