Five Collections of Fashion Illustrations, 1938-1945

This lot includes over 575 illustrations.

Various 1930's-1940's fashion illustrations, line sheets, designer notes, and sketches maintained in five black hard case loose-leaf folders.

THE FIRST
Various designer sketches with notes and fabric swatches, and line sheets.
Pencil and colored pencil on tracing paper and vellum.
Approximate Measurements:
6.75" x 8.5" - 9" x 12"

THE SECOND
Various designer illustrations and sketches including, Ruth Aaron, Racy Earle, Edyth Sparag Studios INC, Dezine Studio, Minnie Abrams Studios, Caroline G. Davis, and unknown designers.
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper and vellum.
Approximate Measurements:
5.5" x 8.5" - 8.5" x 13"

THE THIRD
Midtown Fashion Service, INC Line sketches, printed and some colored, designer sketches with notes, and line sheet packets.
Pencil on tracing paper, printed with water color.
Approximate Measurements:
8.5" x 11"

THE FOURTH
Fabric swatches, designer sketches with notes, and line sheets.
Pencil on tracing paper, printed, and vellum.
Approximate Measurements:
8.5" x 11" - 9" x 12"

THE FIFTH
Line sheets and designer sketches with notes.
Pencil on tracing paper and printed.
Approximate Measurements:
8.5" x 11" - 9" x 12"

Property from the Collection of Dr. James Dawson, Manchester, Kentucky

Condition:

The overall condition of the lot is good as each folder has a mix of condition issues. Most all paper items have yellowed due to age and some are stuck together either by tape, staples, or rusted paperclips or pins. The illustrations themselves are mostly in very good condition with some darkening around the edges. Designer sketches with notes are still legible and mostly intact. The folders are still in good working order though are worn along the spines and edges.

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Timothy Long

Director, Senior Specialist, Couture & Luxury Accessories

[email protected]312.334.4222

Mr. Long has nearly 20 years of experience as a curator of fashion and decorative arts in museums including the Museum of London, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and the Chicago History Museum. At Hindman, he works with individual clients, collectors, dealers, and museums to bring to auction collections of couture and luxury accessories. Mr. Long’s recent publications include Charles James: Designer in Detail and a chapter on the same designer in London Couture: British Luxury 1923–1975, both published by V&A Publishing.

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