Couture: Fashion Design Studies from the late 1930s and early 1940s

ichard Norton Gallery is pleased to present a collection of vintage, couture fashion studies, dating from the late 1930s though the early 1940s. The artwork comes from the collection of Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, who was the founder of the Fashion Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the 1960s, the collection was given by Steckl-Jurin to one of her students. These watercolors and drawings may have been used for department store advertising and perhaps for fashion shows. Many of the famed, Chicago department stores of the past are included in this collection, namely Marshall Fields, Carson Pirie-Scott & Co. and Blum’s Vogue, among others. High fashion brands included in the collection are: Lilly Daché, Marcel Rochas, Molyneaux, Lucien Lelong, Elizabeth Arden, Hattie Carnegie and Sciaparelli, among others. These colorful studies exemplify the nostalgic, fashion elegance of years’ past.

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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Untitled (Silhouette in Blue), ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/4 inches

  #17811
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Evening Wear, Lilly Daché, Marshall Field & Co., ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17898
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Coat, Hat & Muff, Marshall Field & Co., ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17894
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Designs for Women’s Hat, Suit and Coat, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/4 inches

  #17832
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Personal Choice of Gertrude Lawrence, Star of Lady in the Dark, ca, 1941

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17879
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Suit, Hat and Purse , ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/4 inches

  #17850
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Coat, Hat, Suit and Shoes, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/4 inches

  #17839
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Designs for Women’s Active Wear, Hattie Carnegie, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17954
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Coat, Dress, Hat and Shoe Designs, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/4 inches

  #17841
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Coat, Hat, Shoe and Purse, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/4 inches

  #17849
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Coat, Hat, Shoe and Purse Designs

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/4 inches

  #17848
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Hattie Carnegie Designs, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17878
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Design for Women’s Suit, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17870
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Day Dress & Beach Wear, Hattie Carnegie, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17950
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Beach Wear, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  $185

  #17869
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Design for Women’s Lounge Wear, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17867
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Design for Women’s Hat & Gloves, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17865
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Design for Women’s Evening Wear, ca. 1940s

  Pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17902
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Design for Women’s Winter Coat, ca. 1940s

  Pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17912
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  White Ermine Wrap, Marshall Field & Co.

  Pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17910
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Women’s Dress, Molyneaux Design, ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17858
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Schiaparelli Perfume, Carson Pirie Scott & Co., ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17881
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Advertisement Design (Revlon’s Rosy Future Enamel), ca. 1940s

  Watercolor and pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17808
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Advertisement Design (Elizabeth Arden, Victory Red: A New Lipstick)

  Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper

  10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17813
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  Vintage Couture Fashion Design Att. Cornelia Steckl Jurin

  American, 1902 - 1979

  Jewelry Designs, ca. 1940s

  Pencil on paper

  11 x 8 1/2 inches

  #17922