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From the late 1930s to  the 1970s he designed a wide range of clothes that Queen Elizabeth, her daughters the Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret, and other members of the Royal Family wore for their official duties as well as in their personal lives. He opened his couture house in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London in 1923.\n\nThis elegant wine-coloured crepe evening gown and peach jacket were designed for Queen Elizabeth and probably formed part of her personal wardrobe, rather than being intended for state occasions. She would have worn them to dinner or for evening engagements held away from the public eye. The neckline of the dress and the jacket are encrusted with beading, sequins and gemstones. Such elaborate embroidery was a Hartnell trademark, and there is a sample of the beading and fabric attached to the sketch. \n\n","physicalDescription":"Dress design for H.M. Queen Elizabeth. Long evening or dinner dress of wine crepe with contrasting short evening jacket in peach crepe, both embroidered with pink glass beads, sequins and paste gemstones. Attached fabric sample, pale peach crepe with  glass and paste beading and  gemstones.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Hartnell, Norman","id":"A5860"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pencil","id":"x30347"},{"text":"watercolour","id":"x33202"},{"text":"bodycolour","id":"x34671"},{"text":"coloured chalk","id":"x45856"},{"text":"coloured ink","id":"AAT126356"},{"text":"crepe","id":"AAT183741"},{"text":"glass-beads","id":"x35177"},{"text":"paste gems","id":"x39242"},{"text":"sequins","id":"x30374"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing","id":"x32498"},{"text":"hand beading","id":"x34622"},{"text":"embroidery","id":"x40351"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, coloured chalk, coloured inks. 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Dress design for H.M. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), 1936-39. 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