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Ethnic costume

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Lucile, Ltd. records, 1910-1925

 Collection
Identifier: SC.1
Scope and Contents Collection is comprised of model photographs, sketches, photographs of sketches, show programs, some newspaper and magazine clippings with articles about or by Lucile, order forms, advertisements, and fashion plates. Garment designs include theatrical costumes, wedding gowns, day and evening wear, tea gowns, lingerie and pajamas. Bulk of the collection consists of model photographs, fashion sketches, photographs of sketches and official phototransfers. In addition there are clippings of...
Dates: 1863-1935

Pecheurs Napolitains, circa 1870s

 Item
Identifier: SC.138.02
Scope and Contents

Hand-colored carte-de-visite depicting Neapolitan fishers, a man and a woman, with baskets.

Dates: circa 1870s

Sketches, Period Gowns, 1920s, v.74, 1920s

 volume
Identifier: SC.1.2.2.13-14
Scope and Contents Loose 50 sketches of period costumes from early 1920s, (old-volume .74), in 2 folders. Interpretations of historical costume, ethnic garments, and theatrical costumes. Sketches with titles like "Moyen Age", "Italian", "Egyptian" and "Hindu" (the latter has a note "for Miss Van Cliff"). According to notes on the drawings some designs are for stage productions: "Miss Claire Act I", "Act 2, Scene 2"; some of the designs are variations of the same outfit; some with swatches of fabrics attached....
Dates: 1920s

Sketches, Theater and Evening wear, 1920s, f.2of4, 1920s

 folder
Identifier: SC.1.2.2.25-30.26
Scope and Contents 9 theatrical costume sketches by Lucile from 1921, five of which are annotated with names. These names are: "Sharrah" (two sketches have this name) ; "Louis XIV"; "Venetian"; and "Venice". All of these sketches were drafted in pencil and painted with gouache. There are two sketches of a theatrical headdress. old-US.NNFIT.SC.1.1.1.16.4 - sketch of female head drawn in pencil, wearing a tall semi-bell crown hat (type of a top hat) with an adornment. Hat is painted in gold. Adornment is a...
Dates: 1920s

Sketches, Theater gowns and costumes v.77, Evening wear, 1920s, 1920s

 volume
Identifier: SC.1.2.2.25-30
Scope and Contents Loose 93 sketches in 6 folders. 2 folders with 65 sketches of theatrical costumes from early 1920s, (old-volume .77), 28 sketches in 4 folders assembled from other parts of collection for better access. Sketches are drafted in pencil and colored in gouache, and some have swatches of fabrics. A note on .28 reads: "Sketches should be returned at the earliest possible moment. A charge of $6 will be made for each sketch that is not returned to me." Some intended clients' names noted: .31 "Miss...
Dates: 1920s