Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949
Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949
Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949 (detail)
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949 (detail)
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949 / detail
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949 / detail
Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949 (detail)
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949 / detail
Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949 (detail)
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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone in a Cecil Beaton Photograph, 1949

Summary

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, she posed for celebrated Vogue fashion photographer Cecil Beaton. Firestone, who favored blue, wore this pale 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, she posed for celebrated Vogue fashion photographer Cecil Beaton. Firestone, who favored blue, wore this pale gown designed by Sophie Gimbel for Salon Moderne of Saks Fifth Avenue.

Artifact

Evening dress (Garment)

Date Made

1949

Creators

Gimbel, Sophie, 1898-1981 

Salon Moderne 

Saks Fifth Avenue 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

Creator Notes

Designed by Sophia Gimbel for Salon Moderne, retailed by Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Keywords

Dresses (Garments) 

Evening dresses (Garments) 

Women's clothing 

Clothing 

Firestone, Elizabeth Parke, 1897-1990 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

92.263.43

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. William Clay Ford, Mrs. John F. Ball, and Mrs. William Leatherman.

Material

Silk (Textile)
Damask

Technique

Machine sewing (Technique)
Hand sewing

Color

Light blue
Green
Pink (Color)

Dimensions

Circumference: 23 in  (Circumference of waist)

Length: 54 in  (Center back length)

Circumference: 30 in  (Circumference of bust)

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