Slim boxy coat with buttons in a T-shape.
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Title
Slim boxy coat with buttons in a T-shape.
Collection
André Fashion Illustrations from NYPL's Picture Collection
1940s Coats
Names
Alexander, Pearl Levy (Designer)
André (Firm) (Creator)
Date / Origin
Place: New York
Date Created: 1941-02-17
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC Andre COSTU-Coa-194
Subjects
Fashion
Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States -- 1940-1949
Coats -- 1940-1949
Handkerchiefs
Buttons (Fasteners) -- 1900-1999
Hairstyles -- 1940-1949
Genres
Fashion Design Drawings
Illustrations
Notes
Content: Printed on image: "André Fashions" "Slim boxy coat. Novel buttonings." "designed by Pearl Alexander" "ANDRE' 570 - 7th Ave. New York City Feb. 17, 1941"
Content: Image includes small sketch of back of garment. Note how simply and elegantly the artist has captured the shape, drape and fabric texture of the coat with just a few well-placed lines.
Content: Coat has buttons arranged in a t-shape, with six across the top (four to the right of the opening, two to the left) and six down the front (one button is in both the horizontal and vertical rows). There are apparently no pockets.
Date: Illustration origninally bound in Spring, 1940-1941, B.
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Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): de275100-c5d2-012f-5cc0-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Slim boxy coat with buttons in a T-shape." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1941. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/de275100-c5d2-012f-5cc0-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1941). Slim boxy coat with buttons in a T-shape. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/de275100-c5d2-012f-5cc0-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Slim boxy coat with buttons in a T-shape." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/de275100-c5d2-012f-5cc0-58d385a7bc34
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