Portrait of Elizabeth Parke Firestone by Cecil Beaton, 1949
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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. In 1949, Firestone posed for celebrated Vogue fashion photographer Cecil Beaton. She wore an ice blue evening gown designed by Sophie Gimbel for Salon Moderne of Saks Fifth Avenue.
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. In 1949, Firestone posed for celebrated Vogue fashion photographer Cecil Beaton. She wore an ice blue evening gown designed by Sophie Gimbel for Salon Moderne of Saks Fifth Avenue.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1949
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
89.492.1697.65
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
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