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Lot 274

Original Fashion Maquettes from Minnie Abrams Studios. Prov...

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Original Fashion Maquettes from Minnie Abrams Studios. Provenance / Collection of Herbert Sondheim, Stephen Sondheim's Father. Group of Sixteen. Studio embossed address upper left. Each sketch includes detail about the dress, sometimes with collection title, along with model number. Herbert Sondheim (1895-1966) ran a dressmaking firm that produced affordable versions of Parisian high-end fashion. The New School Archive has a collection of nineteen Herbert Sondheim, Inc. scrapbooks, most of which contain fashion sketches. Some books include sketches depicting work of other couture houses. Paper toned, light edgewear. Each 11 x 8 ?".