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Ball gown

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Ball gown

House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)

Date:: 1899–1903
Culture:: French
Medium:: silk, metallic thread
Dimensions:: Length at CB (a): 11 in. (27.9 cm) Length at CB (b): 60 in. (152.4 cm)
Credit Line:: Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949
Accession Number:: 49.3.7a, b

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