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Berley Studios Fashion Drawings
MS.P.032
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Berley Studios fashion drawings
Creator:
Berley Studios
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.032
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1935
Abstract: The collection comprises of
approximately 700 mimeographed drawings bound in 7 volumes, used for illustrating women's
apparel trade in New York City. The majority of the designs are marked with the name of the
studio and the artist.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Berley Studios Fashion Drawings. MS-P32. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquired, 1968.
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2002.
Berley Studios was located at 9 East 48th Street in New York City, N.Y., according to the
information printed on most of the drawings.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection comprises of approximately 700 mimeographed drawings bound in 7 volumes,
used for illustrating women's apparel trade in New York City. The majority of the designs
are marked with the name of the studio and the artist.
The drawings provide visual documentation of New York fashion design during the
mid-twentieth century. The designs, some of which are hand-colored, also illustrate the
types of fashion accessories and hair styles common to this period. Most of the drawings are
individually numbered and provide detailed descriptions of the various design elements they
consists of.
Related materials can be found in the Edyth Sparag Studios fashion drawings, (MS-P24),
Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fashion design drawings -- United States -- 20th
century.
Women's clothing -- Pictorial works.
Women's clothing -- United States -- History -- Sources
Fashion design -- New York -- 20th century
Fashion drawing -- Pictorial works.