Object Title
Bonwit Teller Display Featuring Plaid and Solid Women's Ensembles by Tina Leser with Wire Figure
Part of
Dan Arje Papers ➔ Series 2. Photographs ➔ Albums, 1950-1981
Material Category
Photographic Material
Type of Work
photographic prints
Description
Bonwit Teller window display featuring plaid and solid dresses designed by Tina Leser on mannequins styled with hats and handbags. The background features a figure fashioned out of chicken wire that is wearing fabric that is evocative of a male Scottish Highlander costume on chicken wire. A banner at the bottom of the display reads "BONWITS FOR CASHMERE, blanket plaids and wools touched with cashmere by Tina Leser Sports Floor, the Fifth."
Date
August 23 1955
Related people
Bonwit Teller & Co (commissioner)
Tina Leser (designer)
Worsinger (photographer)
Dan Arje (compiler)
Inscription
Fifth Avenue/August 23rd/1437-5/Worsinger/Bonwit Teller (text)
Inscription Source
recto
Measurements
8 in (width) x 10 in (height)
Related Repository
Kellen Design ArchivesDepartment stores, Show windows, Women's clothing, Department stores--United States, Display of merchandise, Show windows, Fashion merchandising Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)
Location
binder 1
Identifier
KA0001_000010
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Material Category
Photographic MaterialType of Work
photographic printsDescription
Bonwit Teller window display featuring plaid and solid dresses designed by Tina Leser on mannequins styled with hats and handbags. The background features a figure fashioned out of chicken wire that is wearing fabric that is evocative of a male Scottish Highlander costume on chicken wire. A banner at the bottom of the display reads "BONWITS FOR CASHMERE, blanket plaids and wools touched with cashmere by Tina Leser Sports Floor, the Fifth."Date
August 23 1955Related people
Bonwit Teller & Co (commissioner)Tina Leser (designer)
Worsinger (photographer)
Dan Arje (compiler)
Inscription
Fifth Avenue/August 23rd/1437-5/Worsinger/Bonwit Teller (text)Inscription Source
rectoMeasurements
8 in (width) x 10 in (height)Related Repository
Kellen Design ArchivesDepartment stores, Show windows, Women's clothing, Department stores--United States, Display of merchandise, Show windows, Fashion merchandising
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)Location
binder 1Identifier
KA0001_000010Related Objects
There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.