Student Portfolio of French Women's and Children's Fashions, 1932-1933

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Summary

Title:

Student portfolio of French women's and children's fashions

Dates:

1932-1933

Abstract:

This collection comprises the work portfolio of a French fashion school student in 1932-1933. The portfolio includes 82 sheets of women's and children's fashion drawings and studies on proportion and draping. The designs are in mixed media, including pencil, ink, watercolor, and pastel.

Extent:

0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Student Portfolio of French Women's and Children's Fashions. MS-P049. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:: This collection comprises the work portfolio of a French fashion school student in 1932-1933. The collection gives insight into popular French women's and children's fashions of the early 1930s. The portfolio includes 82 sheets of women's and children's fashion drawings and studies on proportion and draping. The designs are in mixed media, including pencil, ink, watercolor, and pastel. Notes indicate that some designs are original, while others are copies of designs from other sources. Many designs have brief captions, such as "creation," "modernisation," "d'après nature," and "d'après gravure." Others include notes on proportion, style, and design. Many of the sheets are illustrated on both sides. The portfolio cover is titled "Mode" and includes a hand-colored drawing and banner.
Acquisition information:: Acquired, 2001.
Processing information:: Processed by Audrey Pearson, 2007.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Fashion design -- France -- 20th century
Fashion drawing -- Pictorial works.
Children's clothing -- France -- 20th century -- Drawings
Women's clothing -- France -- 20th century -- Drawings
Fashion design drawings -- France -- 20th century.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Audrey Pearson; machine-readable finding aid created by Audrey Pearson; inventory added by Zoe MacLeod, 2020
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-08-10 22:12:33 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Intellectual property 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 Archives.