- Title
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- Coat with sleeves and closing edged with faille silk.
- Description
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- "Faille" is a crosswise-ribbed fabric with a flat texture, shown in the drawing by bands of closely-spaced parallel lines. The bands on the sleeves are suggestive of academic robes. Note how the shortish sleeves are nicely complemented by the long gloves.
- Drawing includes small sketch of back of garment.
- Written on image: "Faille silk inserted in sleeves and edging closing." "designed by Pearl Alexander" "ANDRE' 570 - 7th Ave. New York City Feb. 17, 1941"
- Date
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- 1941-02-17
- Spring 1940-1941
- Identifier
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- VV 969
- 2003943
- e0e61100-c5d2-012f-4de4-58d385a7bc34
- 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], “Coat with sleeves and closing edged with faille silk.,” SPARC Digital, accessed January 25, 2025, https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/items/show/10272.
