- Title
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- Formal town reefer with faille silk revers and cuffs.
- Description
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- "Faille" is a closely-woven, ribbed fabric. The artist has suggested it here with shading lines and gray coloring. The "revers" is the lining of a garment, especially when portions of it are meant to show when folded back, or when the piece of clothing is left open.
- Printed on image: "Fullness released at waist to give suppleness to bodice. Very slim skirt." "Designed by Pearl Alexander" "André 570 - 7th Avenue New York City December 16, 1940"
- Image includes small sketch of back of garment.
- Date
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- 1940-12-16
- Spring 1940-1941
- Identifier
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- DD 800
- 2003815
- b47fb1a0-c5d2-012f-ee17-58d385a7bc34
- Rights
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- This image is the property of the New York Public Library and was originally digitized as part of the collaborative project, “André Studios 1930-1941: Fashion Drawings & Sketches in the Collections of the Fashion Institute of Technology and The New York Public Library.” Any questions regarding reuse of this image should be directed to the New York Public Library (please see: http://nypl.org/permissions). Users can additionally locate the NYPL copy of the image in their Digital Collections (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/) and consult the associated rights statement.
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- Citation
- Alexander, Pearl Levy [Designer] and André (Firm) [Creator], “Formal town reefer with faille silk revers and cuffs.,” SPARC Digital, accessed October 15, 2024, https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/items/show/10151.
