Object Title

Yellow Wrap Dress with Attached Cape and Orange-Red Flower Print

Part of

Charles Le Maire Costume and Fashion Sketches


Material Category
Drawing/Painting/Print
Type of Work
drawings
Description
Theatrical ensemble designed for a wedding sequence in the Earl Carroll Vanities production of "The Fine and Dandy". The ensemble includes a yellow wrap dress with an asymmetrical knee-length skirt, attached cape, and an orange-red floral design throughout. The dress is paired with a matching yellow head wrap and what appears to be a frilled headpiece.
Date
1930 – 1936
Related people
Charles Le Maire (artist)
Earl Carroll's Vanities Orchestra (commissioner)
Inscription
earl carroll vanities. "The Fine and Dandy" wedding sequence. c. 1930-36 (text)
Inscription Source
recto
Measurements
8.5 in (width) x 11 in (height)
Related Repository
Kellen Design Archives
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)
Location
box k_4, folder 5
Identifier
KA0055_k04_f06_15
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