Bonwit Teller Window Display Featuring Women's Italian Knitwear and Lambretta Motor Scooter

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/a2f0e80dba782dd877fc8d6555cc1b3b

Title

Bonwit Teller Window Display Featuring Women's Italian Knitwear and Lambretta Motor Scooter

Creator

Dan Arje

Date

January 22 1957

Description

Bonwit Teller window display featuring women's Italian knitwear ensemble, and a Lambretta motor scooter. The mannequin sits on top of the scooter, wearing a knit jacket, shirt and pants. A second mannequin stands beside the first dressed as a technician for the scooter with a jumpsuit and wind goggles. A banner at the bottom of the display reads "Zooming in from Italy.. Bonwit's exciting new Italian knits... Sports Floor the Fifth... Zooming in from Italy... The news making Lambretta... Courtesy of the Innocenti Corp. Lambretta Division."

Subject

Department stores
Show windows

Source

Empire State Digital Network

Relation

http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/admin/media/kellen/images/1/3/0/70865_ca_object_representations_media_13074_small.jpg

Type

image

References

http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/KA0001_000412

Date

January 22 1957

Source

Empire State Digital Network

Subject

Department stores
Show windows

Citation

Dan Arje, “Bonwit Teller Window Display Featuring Women's Italian Knitwear and Lambretta Motor Scooter,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed September 3, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/5517.

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