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- Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952-1956 -
- 1952-1956
- Collections - Artifact
Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952-1956
- Christian Dior Suit, "Evariste," Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1951-1952 -
- 1951-1952
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Suit, "Evariste," Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1951-1952
- Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952 -
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952
- Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952 -
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952
- Dress, circa 1895 -
- circa 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Dress, circa 1895
- Dress Worn by Elizabeth Virginia Palmer Bradfield, 1897-1900 -
- 1897-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Dress Worn by Elizabeth Virginia Palmer Bradfield, 1897-1900
- "Ranone" Suit, 1940-1949 -
- 1940-1949
- Collections - Artifact
"Ranone" Suit, 1940-1949
- Suit, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1949-1950 - 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 New York and Paris design houses -- like that of Cristobal Balenciaga, who made this suit -- to meet her high fashion standards.
- 1949-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Suit, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1949-1950
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 New York and Paris design houses -- like that of Cristobal Balenciaga, who made this suit -- to meet her high fashion standards.
- Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908 - John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908
John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- Pant & Skirt Hangers, 2003 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 2003
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Pant & Skirt Hangers, 2003
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.