Monte Sano & Pruzan sketch collection, 1926-1968.

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Monte Sano & Pruzan sketch collection, 1926-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773496574

Sketchbooks and boxes include 8,649 pencil, ink and water color sketches, many which are swatched. Designs of European couturiers and staff designers are represented. Notable among the house designers are Jacques Tiffeau who had worked with Dior and later launched his own design firm in 1966.

15.6 linear ft.45 boxes, 53 sketchbooks, 5 swatchbooks.

Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Gladys Marcus Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8192212

Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Gladys Marcus Library

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Grès, Alix 1903-1993

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Monte Sano & Pruzan, Ltd.

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Founded in 1915 by Vincent Monte Sano, the firm was a custom tailoring house for women specializing in better coats and suits. In the 1940's the firm moved to ready-to-wear, gave up its private clientele, and became a wholesale manufacturer for retailers including Bonwit Teller, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. It retained its tradition of fine hand finishing and became an outstanding creative style house in the coat and suit market. When Max Pruzan joined the firm in the 1950's, its name...

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Dior, Christian

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