The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ball gown

Ball gown

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Ball gown

Jacques Doucet (French, Paris 1853–1929 Paris)

Date:: 1897
Culture:: French
Medium:: silk
Dimensions:: a) CF: 50 1/2"; CB: 56 1/4"; Waist: 22 1/2"; Width at bottom: 3 1/3 yds. b) CF: 41 1/4"; CB: 44"; Waist: 23 1/2"; Width at bottom: 2 1/2"
Credit Line:: Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949
Accession Number:: 49.3.26a, b

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