Gilbert Adrian
Costume for Norma Shearer in the MGM Production of 'Marie Antoinette'1934

Not on view

Designer: Gilbert Adrian
United States, active California, Los Angeles, 1903-1959
Title: Costume for Norma Shearer in the MGM Production of 'Marie Antoinette'
Place Made: United States, California
Date Made: 1934
Medium: Silk organza over metallic silver lamé trimmed with silver passementerie, sequins, beading, and paste stones
Dimensions: a) Bodice center back length: 14 in. (35.56 cm); b) Skirt center back length: 45 in. (114.3 cm); c) Underskirt center back length: 44 1/2 in. (113.03 cm); d) Hoop petticoat center back length: 25 1/2 in. (64.77 cm); e) Hair Ornament (Large) length: 2 in. (5.08 cm); f) Hair Ornament (Large) length: 2 in. (5.08 cm); g) Hair Ornament (Small) length: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm); h) Hair Ornament (Small) length: 1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Bob Carlton
Accession Number: M.86.237a-h
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography: Liddell, Louise and Samuels, Carolee. Clothes and Your Appearance. Tinley Park, IL: Goodheart-Wilcox Publishers, 2001.
Maeder, Edward; A. Annas; S. LaValley; Elois Jenssen. Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.

Related Unframed

Not on view

Designer: Gilbert Adrian
United States, active California, Los Angeles, 1903-1959
Title: Costume for Norma Shearer in the MGM Production of 'Marie Antoinette'
Place Made: United States, California
Date Made: 1934
Medium: Silk organza over metallic silver lamé trimmed with silver passementerie, sequins, beading, and paste stones
Dimensions: a) Bodice center back length: 14 in. (35.56 cm); b) Skirt center back length: 45 in. (114.3 cm); c) Underskirt center back length: 44 1/2 in. (113.03 cm); d) Hoop petticoat center back length: 25 1/2 in. (64.77 cm); e) Hair Ornament (Large) length: 2 in. (5.08 cm); f) Hair Ornament (Large) length: 2 in. (5.08 cm); g) Hair Ornament (Small) length: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm); h) Hair Ornament (Small) length: 1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Bob Carlton
Accession Number: M.86.237a-h
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography: Liddell, Louise and Samuels, Carolee. Clothes and Your Appearance. Tinley Park, IL: Goodheart-Wilcox Publishers, 2001.
Maeder, Edward; A. Annas; S. LaValley; Elois Jenssen. Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.