Leser, Tina (Christine Wetherill Shillard-Smith), 1910-1986 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

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Leser, Tina (Christine Wetherill Shillard-Smith), 1910-1986 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/201467676

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, advertisements, and other ephemeral items.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Tina Leser (Firm)

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Leser, Tina, 1910-1986.

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American fashion designer known for her leisure wear, beach ensembles and play wear. Born Christine Wetherill Shillard-Smith in 1910, she trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the School of Industrial Arts in Philadelphia and the Sorbonne. In 1935 she opened a shop in Hawaii where she sold high quality ready-to-wear and custom clothing. Early Leser designs featured hand painted motifs on such unusual fabrics as sail cloth and "paluke". On a buying trip to New York in 1940, she attrac...