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Costume

 Subject

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Costume plates and sketches

 Collection
Identifier: SC.447
Scope and Contents This collection holds a wide variety of works on paper including: 1) 5 miniature paintings in greyscale, possibly gouache, which were a gift of Clark S. Marlor. Most have writing in German script in pencil. 2) 14 hand colored costume plates from a variety of publications 3) 11 original watercolor illustrations signed by Hedy [Anderegg?] 4) 4 Swiss costume plate reproductions 5) 1 lithograph by Pobuda of a woman in costume, _Carnival_, 1837, 6) 1 watercolor of a matador, 1846, and 7) 2 hand...
Dates: placeholder
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Fashion plates, 1800-1819, 1810-1819

 folder
Identifier: SC.111.1.4
Scope and Contents This folder contains 24 fashion plates: 1) Observateur des Modes, 1 women's plate, 1818; 2) The Lady's Monthly Museum, 12 women's plates, "London Dresses for...", Jan. 1810-Oct. 1812; 3) 1 women's plate, "Dancing Dress, Evening Dress"; 4) 1 women's plate, c. 1818; 5) 1 women's plate, "Costume demi negligé. Chapeau de Satin Redin, gotte de Drap."; 6) 1 women's plate, c. 1812; 7) 3 women's plates, "Aspasie (Mlle. Grassari)", "Dame de la Cour (Mle. Bigottini)", and "Une Dame Amie du Duc (Me....
Dates: 1810-1819
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Fashion plates and images from the sixteenth to twentieth century / Fashion plates, 1590-1929

Fashion plates, 1830-1839, 1830-1839

 folder
Identifier: SC.111.1.6
Scope and Contents This folder contains 60 fashion plates: 1) 1 women's/men's/children's plate, "Modes de Paris", 1836; 2) 1 women's/men's plate, 1832; 3) 1 women's plate, "Wiener Moden", 1830; 4) Modeblatt z. Spiegel, 2 women's/men's plates, 1832; 5) 1 women's plate, "Pariser Modenzeitung für Deutsche Frauen", 1831; 6) 2 women's plates, 1832; 7) Théorie de l'Art du Tailleur, 4 men's plates, Jul.-Sep. 1837, Sep. 1838; 8) La Psyche, Journal de Modes, 2 men's plates, 1 men's/children's plate, c. 1838-1840; 9) 4...
Dates: 1830-1839
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Fashion plates and images from the sixteenth to twentieth century / Fashion plates, 1590-1929

Fashion plates, 1860-1869, 1860-1869

 folder
Identifier: SC.111.1.9
Scope and Contents This folder contains 100+ fashion plates and tear sheets: 1) 1 women's plate by Anaïs Toudouze, c. 1863; 2) Le Monde Élégant, Courrier de la Mode, 2 women's plates, c. 1860-1864; 3) L'Ami des Dames, 1 women's plate by Françoise Claudius Compte-Calix, c. 1861; 4) 1 women's plate, "Dressed for a Party", Sept. 1860; 5) 1 women's plate, "La Toilette de Paris", c. 1865-1866; 6) Le Journal des Dames et des Damoiselles, Edition Belge, 2 women's plates, 1865-1866; 7) Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung, 1...
Dates: 1860-1869
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Fashion plates and images from the sixteenth to twentieth century / Fashion plates, 1590-1929

Fashion plates and images from the sixteenth to twentieth century

 Collection
Identifier: SC.111
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of primary source material from various fashion-related sources from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The majority of the sources are fashion plates and tear sheets, but there are also sketches, photographs, and advertisements. Most of the images reflect women's and men's fashions, with some children's fashions, as indicated.

Dates: 1590-1960
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Frances Neady collection of original fashion illustrations, 1913-

 Collection
Identifier: SC.187
Scope and Contents The Frances Neady collection of Original Fashion Illustrations was established in 1984 to honor its namesake, an inspirational teacher of fashion illustration. The collection encompasses over a century of fashion art. Its earliest example, a watercolor by Pierre Brissaud for Gazette du Bon Ton, is dated 1913; its most recent donation is by contemporary artist Ruben Toledo. Among other stars represented in the collection are Eric (Carl Erickson), René Bouché, Dorothy Hood, George Stavrinos,...
Dates: 2019; 1984; 1913
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

George Simonton records, 1978-2018

 sub-sub-series
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.7.9.2
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of original sketches and photographs, business and promotional materials, and materials related to the fashion career of George Simonton as well as his work at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1978-2018
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / School of Art and Design / Fashion Design records

Gothé, Inc. sketches, 1940-1966

 Collection
Identifier: SC.70
Scope and Contents

This collection contains bound sketchbooks with pencil sketches of garment designs for resort, evening, and day wear for fall and spring seasons.

Dates: 1940-1966
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Historical photographs, 1944-1989, bulk 1950s-1970s

 Series
Identifier: SC.FITA.0.3
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs documenting the Fashion Institute of Technology from its founding to the late 1980s.

Dates: 1944-1989, bulk 1950s-1970s
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT general historical material

Humphreys Vol. 5, 1891, 1891

 folder
Identifier: SC.4.5
Scope and Contents

This volume contains sketches of women's fashions circa 1891, including daywear, eveningwear, outerwear and period costume. Sketches are numbered 393-491 and an index is included on the first page.

Dates: 1891
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Whittingham and Humphreys sketches, 1888-1914

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