This series contains items that were created during Edward Moir's lifetime and were likely collected by Moir. See also US.NNFIT.SC.217.2.4 which contains photos of Crown Woolen Mills over the years.
This folder contains almanacs for 1932 and 1933 produced by Le Bon Marché department store.
This folder contains tear sheets.
This folder contains tear sheets.
Contains scrapbooks relating to Lord and Taylor Advertising, 1932-1934
This folder contains tear sheets.
This folder contains twenty-four catalogs or promotional pieces for goods offered by Le Bon Marché department store.
This folder contains 19 patents (some duplicates), largely for sewing machinery, registered by the Man-Sew Corporation between 1933-1935
Two miniature sketchbooks with soft leather covers, one labeled (3) from Spring 1938, and one labeled (4) from Fall 1938. Sketches are labeled with style names.
Sans titreThis folder contains eighteen catalogs or promotional pieces for goods offered by Le Bon Marché department store.
This folder contains tear sheets.
This folder contains sketches of pencil, wash and pen designs for girl's clothing, some with swatches.
This folder contains ten catalogs or promotional pieces for goods offered by Le Bon Marché department store.
Dye sample book containing various bundles of colored thread.
Sans titreSketches previously tied together to form a loosely bound sketchbook. Most sketches are undated but several are dated 1937.
Sans titreThis folder contains tear sheets.
This folder contains 18 patents (some duplicates), largely for sewing machinery, registered by the Man-Sew Corporation between 1936-1937
This folder contains tear sheets.
This folder contains clippings with examples of McCardell's 'Monastic dress', dinner and hostess dresses, knitted dress, and earlier works with elements that will later become her signature such as use of plaids and stripes, and casual sportswear.
Sans titreThis bound scrapbook is comprised of press clippings and correspondence from 1933-1938 pertaining to women's fashions designed by Eta for "ETA, Incorporated." The letter announcing the incorporation of "Eta" dated June 23, 1933, and the dissolution of "Eta," dated April 29, 1938, are included.
This folder contains sketches of pencil, wash and pen designs for girl's clothing. Also included is a handwritten note.
This folder contains sketches of pencil and wash designs for children's clothing. Also, included are promotional materials and magazine and newspaper clippings.
This folder contains sketches of pencil, wash and pen designs for girl's clothing. Some sketches include handwritten notes, embroideries and fabric samples. Also, included are pencil and color pencil sketches of appliques and animals, and magazine and newspaper clippings.
This folder contains sketches of pencil and wash designs for children's clothing. Also, included are pencil and wash sketches of striped fabric patterns.
Scrapbook containing a variety of materials including many clippings from newspapers across the United States, letters from retail stores, photographs of window displays, a U.S. patent notice, promotional mailings, and more. Also includes a page of newspaper clippings from 1948.
Sans titreThis folder contains tear sheets.
This collection is comprised of sketch designs for children's clothing, handwritten notes, promotional materials and magazine and newspaper clippings.
Sans titreThis folder contains sketches of pencil, wash and pen designs for girl's clothing and one newspaper clipping.
This folder contains fashion show invitations from Lucile Paray, Catherine Parel, Jean Patou, Paquin, Philippe & Gaston, Robert Piguet, Premet, Raphael, Jane Regny, Renault and Maggy Rouff.
Sketches previously tied together to form a loosely bound sketchbook. All sketches are undated except for two dated 1939.
Sans titreSketches previously tied together to form a loosely bound sketchbook. All sketches are undated except for one dated 1939.
Sans titreThis subseries contains biographical information, speeches, correspondence, press clippings, and photographs of Dorothy Shaver, president of Lord and Taylor, 1945-1959.
Sans titreJoan Crawford in trench coat; Greta Garbo in Mata Hari, 1930; Greta Gargo and Robert Taylor in Camille; slide depicting a glove; 2 photographs of Greta Garbo in "Queen Christina," 1933 (MFIT owns extant costume); Greta Garbo in "The Painted Veil," 1931;
This folder contains sketches of pencil, wash and pen designs for children's clothing. Also, included is an invitation of a formal opening related to Brookhaven Textiles, Inc.
This folder contains sketches of pencil, color pencil, wash, acrylic and pen designs for children's clothing. There are also sketches of pencil, wash and acrylic designs of striped fabric patterns, some have fabric samples attached. Also, included are handwritten notes, a receipt, and magazine and newspaper clippings.
This folder contains sketches of pencil, color pencil, wash and acrylic designs for children's clothing. Also, included is a trim and a fabric sample.
This folder contains eleven catalogs or promotional pieces for goods offered by Le Bon Marché department store.
This folder contains tear sheets.
This folder contains black and white photographs of Wieselthier's ceramic art.
This folder consists of black and white photographs of Wieselthier working, with her designs, with other artists, etc.
This folder consists of black and white photographs of mannequins and window displays dressed by Wieselthier.
This series contains personal documents that belonged to Wieselthier including correspondence, receipts, ledgers and budgets, applications, etc.
Volume 1 contains coverage of Mainbocher's back-to corsets movement and the new long torso silhouette he created in undergarments during his collaboration with Warner. It also contains extensive coverage of his famous "Rules for Chic" 12-point plan and his first trip back to his native Chicago. Included are Mainbocher-Warner PR materials, a New Yorker profile, and ads taken from the New Yorker, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Folders contain a periodicals list, a brief note from an unidentified woman to the designer and an issue of Look magazine with an article on Mainbocher's business from January 18, 1938.
This folder contains 26 patents (some duplicates), largely for sewing machinery, registered by the Man-Sew Corporation between 1939-1940
Two miniature sketchbooks with soft leather covers, one labeled (5) from Spring 1939 and one labeled (7) from Spring 1940. Sketches are labeled with style names.
Sans titreThis folder contains clippings from national and local newspapers and magazines. It includes examples from her stint at Hattie Carnegie, as well as reports on her work, design aesthetic and methods and her background. Also in this folder is a cover of Mademoiselle from September1940.
Sans titreThis folder contains black and white photographs of Wieselthier's ceramic art.
This folder contains graphite pencil sketches, some with fabric swatches
This folder contains 30 large, high-quality black and white photographs of of women modeling hats designed by Robert Dudley, dating from 1940 (bulk undated), as well as 3 pages of small or autographed photographs pasted onto scrapbook paper.
This folder contains black and white photographs of Wieselthier's ceramic work.
This folder contains black and white photographs of Wieselthier's ceramic art.
This folder contains black and white photographs of Wieselthier's ceramic art.
This folder contains black and white photographs of Wieselthier's ceramic art.
This series contains personal documents that belonged to Wieselthier including correspondence, receipts, ledgers and budgets, applications, etc.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women and mannequin heads wearing Victor hats from the 1940s. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side.
This folder contains black and white photographs of Wieselthier's ceramic art.