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Sparag (Edyth) Studios Fashion Drawings
MS.P.024
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Edyth Sparag Studios fashion drawings
Creator:
Edyth Sparag Studios
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.024
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1930s -1950s
Abstract: A bound volume of 276 mimeographed
fashion drawings created by Edyth Sparag Studios between the late 1930s and early 1950s.
Many of the drawings are hand-colored, and some pages contain original pencil sketches in
the margins. The designs, which include dresses, suits, and evening gowns, provide visual
documentation of New York fashion design during the mid-twentieth century. The drawings
illustrate the types of fashion accessories and hair styles common to this period as
well.
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.
Edyth Sparag Studios Fashion Drawings. MS-P 24. Special Collections and Archives, The UCI
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.
Purchase, April 1997.
Processed by Su Kim Chung in 1998.
Edyth Sparag Studios was located at 1450 Broadway in New York City, N.Y., according to
information printed on some of the drawings.
A bound volume of 276 mimeographed fashion drawings created by Edyth Sparag Studios between
the late 1930s and early 1950s. Many of the drawings are hand-colored, and some pages
contain original pencil sketches in the margins. The designs, which include dresses, suits,
and evening gowns, provide visual documentation of New York fashion design during the
mid-twentieth century. The drawings illustrate the types of fashion accessories and hair
styles common to this period as well.
A number of pages in the bound volume were flagged with pink index cards containing
notations by a previous owner. These index cards were removed as a preservation measure. A
list of the pages flagged and the corresponding notations has been retained in the
collection.
The collection also includes a folder containing three unrelated sketches of male models
and a hand-colored plate from
Godey's Lady's Book, which were
laid into the bound volume when it was acquired.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fashion design drawings
Costume design -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th
century -- Sources
Edyth Sparag Studios -- Archives