Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1940
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Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone favored both Paris and New York fashion centers. She paired this wine-colored evening dress, created by Paris designer Jean Patou, with a gold lame under dress purchased at New York's Bergdorf-Goodman.
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone favored both Paris and New York fashion centers. She paired this wine-colored evening dress, created by Paris designer Jean Patou, with a gold lame under dress purchased at New York's Bergdorf-Goodman.
Artifact
Evening dress (Garment)
Date Made
1940
Creators
Bergdorf Goodman (New York, N.Y.)
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
The velvet portion of this dress was made by Jean Patou in Paris, France and the gold lame cloth is from Bergdorf-Goodman of New York.
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Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.492.464
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Jr.
Material
Lame (Textile)
Silk (Textile)
Velvet (Fabric weave)
Technique
Applique (Technique)
Machine sewing (Technique)
Hand sewing
Color
Deep red
Gold (Color)
Purple
Inscriptions
Clothing label on dress: Jean Patou / PARIS Clothing label on gold underdress: BERGDORF-GOODMAN / FIFTH AVENUE AT 58TH STREET. Handwritten on tag sewn on back of label: Mrs. H. Firestone Jr. / Date 10-16-40 / 64211
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