Lot Essay
Raintree County brought Walter Plunkett an Academy Award nomination for his costume designs, and Elizabeth Taylor was nominated for Best Actress.
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Raintree County, 1957/Elizabeth Taylor
A full-length gown designed by Walter Plunkett, the bodice of mauve taffeta with full sleeves of layers of tulle embroidered with mauve flower heads, the full-length skirt of ivory cotton embroidered all over with mauve flower heads, with corresponding layered underskirt; and a parasol -- made for Elizabeth Taylor as Susanna Drake in the 1957 M.G.M. film Raintree County; with corresponding costume design by Walter Plunkett, graphite and watercolour on card, signed by Walter Plunkett, the reverse with production ink-stamps and production details inscribed in pencil in an unknown hand -- 20x15in. (50.8x38cm.); and a colour still of Taylor wearing the gown [printed later] -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.); accompanied by another gown made for Elizabeth Taylor for the same film, the bodice and skirt of dove grey silk and overlaid with black chiffon (5)
A full-length gown designed by Walter Plunkett, the bodice of mauve taffeta with full sleeves of layers of tulle embroidered with mauve flower heads, the full-length skirt of ivory cotton embroidered all over with mauve flower heads, with corresponding layered underskirt; and a parasol -- made for Elizabeth Taylor as Susanna Drake in the 1957 M.G.M. film Raintree County; with corresponding costume design by Walter Plunkett, graphite and watercolour on card, signed by Walter Plunkett, the reverse with production ink-stamps and production details inscribed in pencil in an unknown hand -- 20x15in. (50.8x38cm.); and a colour still of Taylor wearing the gown [printed later] -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.); accompanied by another gown made for Elizabeth Taylor for the same film, the bodice and skirt of dove grey silk and overlaid with black chiffon (5)