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[Woman modeling clothing: Satin of shell pink colour is trimmed with crystal fringe...make up this gown, which is also enhanced by amethist drops; It is sponsored by Maurice Mendel] – Vintage Print

[Woman modeling clothing: Satin of shell pink colour is trimmed with crystal fringe...make up this gown, which is also enhanced by amethist drops; It is sponsored by Maurice Mendel], c1924. — historic photograph
[Woman modeling clothing: Satin of shell pink colour is trimmed with crystal fringe...make up this gown, which is also enhanced by amethist drops; It is sponsored by Maurice Mendel], c1924.. Historic photograph from the Family Life collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Woman modeling clothing: Satin of shell pink colour is trimmed with crystal fringe...make up this gown, which is also enhanced by amethist drops; It is sponsored by Maurice Mendel]

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A shell-pink satin gown trimmed with crystal fringe and finished with amethyst drops is the detail that sets this photograph apart. The caption card describes it as sponsored by Maurice Mendel, a commercial tie-in typical of the period, when manufacturers and retailers paid for fashion images that displayed their garments. Underwood & Underwood, the New York firm credited on the print, was a large commercial photography business known for mass-produced views and press pictures. Beaded and fringed evening dresses like this one were a hallmark of the mid-1920s, when shorter hemlines and loose silhouettes made surface ornament central to evening wear.

Created / publishedc1924.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 356,190. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Models; Clothing and dress; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,209 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149253

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