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Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1940
Patou, Jean, 1887-1936 and Bergdorf Goodman (New York, N.Y.)1940
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
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 both Paris and New York fashion centers. She paired this wine-colored evening dress, created by Paris designer Jean Patou, with a gold lame under dress purchased at New York's Bergdorf-Goodman.
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- Title: Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1940
- Creator: Patou, Jean, 1887-1936, Bergdorf Goodman (New York, N.Y.)
- Date Created: 1940
- Location: France, Paris, United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Firestone, Elizabeth Parke, 1897-1990, Dresses (Garments), Evening dresses (Garments), Women's clothing, Clothing
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Evening dress (Garment)
- Object ID: 89.492.464
- Image ID: THF29703
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Jr.
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