Carlos Nei sketches

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC.92

Scope and Contents

This collection contains fashion sketches executed in pencil and watercolor on heavyweight board. Designs are of women's evening dresses, day dresses, and coats; some feature unusual hats. All but five are signed "Carlos", and those with signatures are also dated by the artist.

Dates

Creation: 1906-1927

Creator

Nei, Carlos (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive. If you wish to schedule an appointment to view this material or have any questions, visit our website.

Conditions Governing Use

The Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive does not own copyright for all material held in its physical custody. It is the researcher's obligation to abide by and satisfy copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) when copying or using materials (including digital materials) found in or made available from the department. When possible, the department will inform a researcher about the copyright status of material, the researcher's obligations with regard to such material, and, wherever possible, the owner or owners of the copyrights. Any and all reproduction of originals is at the archivist's discretion.

Full Extent

1.2 Linear Feet (One medium-sized box)

Full Extent

21 items : Color sketches on board

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Sketches were donated in 1976 by the Union Française des arts du costume, Paris, now part of the Musée de la mode. Sketches were received by Tom Drew in the FIT Design Lab. Each sketch bears a notation in French indicating that the Union Française des arts had received them as gifts from Madame Carlos Nei in 1971. (notation in library catalog)