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Cocktail dress

Design House House of Givenchy French
Designer Hubert de Givenchy French
ca. 1961
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cocktail dress
  • Design House: House of Givenchy (French, founded 1952)
  • Designer: Hubert de Givenchy (French, Beauvais 1927–2018 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1961
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Silk, wool
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Jane Holzer, 1977
  • Object Number: 2009.300.7936
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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