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Invitation for Pickwick Dress Co.
about 1926
Medium/Technique
Planographic print with pochoir (color stencil)
Dimensions
Length x width: 15.2 x 12.1 cm (6 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan B. Kaplan
Accession Number2016.142
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsFashion illustration
DescriptionFolded card with design on front. Inside text reads: "I am returning on S.S. Majestic with many clever creations for our early Spring showing from the best known couturiers of Paris. The originals and our copies will be on display in our showroom on December 7th. Your early inspection is invited. Respectfully yours, L.A. Chaikin Pickwick Dress Co. Inc."
Provenance2015, sold by J.M. Cohen, Rare Books, New Paltz, NY, to Susan B. Kaplan, Brookline, MA; 2016, gift of Susan B. Kaplan to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 2016)