ANSWER: ATTRIBUTED TO SCHIAPARELLI, ALSO COULD BE CHANEL. DESIGNER: MAGGY ROUFF
This is unsigned, the dealer has seen it on several occasions over the years and swears it was done by an obscure women designer, for a very well known one. I am hoping someone will recognize it and reaffirm the manufacturer.
Carolyn Newhouse
This is unsigned, the dealer has seen it on several occasions over the years and swears it was done by an obscure women designer, for a very well known one. I am hoping someone will recognize it and reaffirm the manufacturer.
Carolyn Newhouse
"He is attributed to Schiaparelli, Carolyn, and I own him, too.(He's shown in a French-language catalog of a 2005 museum exhibit of one collector's collection--Barbara Berger.) I cannot part with him -- will you??!" --Anne Morrissey, 01/20/08
"It was sold to me as Chanel. 1930's. Designer was Maggie Rouff.
Anne Morrisey has this piece as well and has seen it attributed to Schiap. Sheri guessed Chanel but I do not know where she got that feeling. There is no proof Maggie Rouff did the design but I looked her up. I was not aware of her before but she was a fashion powerhouse! Began designing at the House of Drecoll, where her parents were the directors. Her initial success was owed to the public's fascination with the silver screen. When her gowns were worn by such icons of the early cinema as Theda Barra, Pola Negri, and Greta Garbo, her reputation was established. Rouff's fashion house was opened in 1928. She continued to make lovely evening fashions, but was best known for her sportswear. She also designed day dresses and suits, and lingerie. Rouff worked as a couturier, but she also had several successful ready-to-wear lines. Maggie Rouff retired in 1948, and her daughter, Anne-Marie Besançon de Wagner became the designer. In the 1960s, the couture was discontinued, with just the ready-to-wear remaining. In the late 1960s the business was closed." --Carolyn Newhouse, 01/20/08
Other Sizes: Original Medium