Rena Rowan Damone Jones NY 1960's Pattern Archive

A piece of fashion history. Rena Rowan Damone's early archive of designs. This is a historically significant archive for the clothing and fashion industry and a period record of the designs of the day. The archive contains numerous binders containing hundreds of pages, each of which has a pencil sketch of a garment along with detail like fabric color, measurements, materials price, retail price, and samples of the fabric used for each garment taped to each page. This would be a dream archive for costume designers in the film and theater industry. Good overall condition with storage and age related wear. Provenance: From the estate Vic and Rena Rowan Damone, Palm Beach, Florida. Vic Damone was a notable singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist. Rena Rowan Damone was the highly successful lead designer and one of the founding members of the clothing company Jones New York. Hill Auction Gallery will not ship. H.A.G., will refer local third party USA domestic and International shippers upon request.