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CATALOG: Aberlé Ballet / Fall & Winter / 1942. Aberlé presents SHEER ENDURING RAYON STOCKINGS / ALLIED BALLET of COLOR A beautifully rendered catalog, using color poichoir lithographs and fabric samples to display the newest Rayon stockings and their contributions to the war effort.4to, heavy card covers with six card leaves [12 pp.]; publisher's coil binding with clear acetate covers. First and only edition, limited to 750 numbered presentation copies, this being no. 36 presented to the M.E. Blatt Co., Atlantic City s Greatest Department Store .
World War 2 era manufacturer's catalog for rayon stockings. The catalog adopts the format of a contemporary Ballet Russes program with the stocking colors inspired by four ballets -- each leaf features a large pochoir colored lithograph by Willard Golovin with smaller color lithographic illustrations on the facing pages and inset fabric samples worked into the designs. The illustrations all have patriotic themes. The last leaf has a movable color chart… Read More