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Title
Camel's hair coat--double breasted.
Names
Alexander, Pearl Levy (Designer)
André (Firm) (Creator)
Collection

André Fashion Illustrations from NYPL's Picture Collection

1940s Coat.

Dates / Origin
Place: New York
Date Created: 1940-12-16
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC Andre COSTU-Coa-194
Topics
Fashion
Coats -- 1940-1949
Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States -- 1940-1949
Buttons (Fasteners) -- 1900-1999
Sunglasses
Belts (Clothing) -- 1940-1949
Camel hair (hair)
Genres
Fashion design drawings
Illustrations
Notes
Source identifier: 24311a (Hades Legacy Identifier / Struc ID)
Content: Image includes a small sketch of the back of the garment. Note the gathers here at waist level above the belt.
Content: Double-breasted camel hair coat with huge pearl buttons. Note how the artist has used rub-on transfer screen to both indicate shadows and highlight the soft texture of the coat. The artist shows the coat's long belt loosely tied like a sash, and the sunglasses worn by the model are a nice touch, too. Could the "huge pearl buttons" be a playful reminder of the designer's name?
Content: Written on image: "Huge pearl buttons." "Designed by Pearl Alexander" "André 570 - 7th Ave. New York City Dec. 16, 1940"
Date: Illustration origninally bound in Spring, 1940-1941.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b12a2e70-c5d2-012f-1c45-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

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

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Camel's hair coat--double breasted." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9921a168-a0d9-1c4d-e040-e00a180669ef

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Camel's hair coat--double breasted." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9921a168-a0d9-1c4d-e040-e00a180669ef

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Camel's hair coat--double breasted. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9921a168-a0d9-1c4d-e040-e00a180669ef

Wikipedia Citation

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Camel's hair coat--double breasted.