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  • PAULDRON, LOWER LAME OF

    PAULDRON, LOWER LAME OF

    Date: ca. 1550
    Accession Number: 26.234.11

  • Nightgown

    Nightgown

    Date: 1825–30
    Accession Number: C.I.41.25.1

  • Fan

    Fan

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 63.90.75

  • Dress

    Dress

    House of Chanel (French, founded 1913)

    Date: early 1970s
    Accession Number: 2006.271.34a, b

  • Shoes

    Shoes

    House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

    Date: 1957
    Accession Number: 1979.472.27

  • Flask

    Flask

    Date: 18th–19th century
    Accession Number: 91.1.1151

  • Shoe

    Shoe

    Date: 16th century
    Accession Number: 29.158.457

  • Toque

    Toque

    House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

    Date: spring/summer 1964
    Accession Number: 1974.303.1a–c

  • Veil

    Veil

    Date: 1700–1940
    Accession Number: C.I.40.191.1

  • String of Beads

    String of Beads

    Date: 7th century or earlier
    Accession Number: 12.37.76

  • Shoes

    Shoes

    Date: 1720–39
    Accession Number: 2009.300.4746a, b

  • Shoes

    Shoes

    Shoe Biz (Italian)

    Date: 1968–71
    Accession Number: 1972.27.11a, b

  • Disk Brooch

    Disk Brooch

    Date: 8th century (?)
    Accession Number: 17.192.54

  • T-shirt

    T-shirt

    Elaine Post

    Date: 1965–75
    Accession Number: 1985.373.4

  • Skirt (Hakama)

    Skirt (Hakama)

    Date: ca. 1615–1868
    Accession Number: 14.100.212

  • HELMET; Hachi

    HELMET; Hachi

    Date: 15th century
    Accession Number: 36.25.173

  • Rosière

    Rosière

    Paul Poiret (French, Paris 1879–1944 Paris)

    Date: 1911
    Accession Number: 2005.188

  • Hat

    Hat

    Julius Garfinckel & Co. (American)

    Date: 1935
    Accession Number: 1982.80

  • Shoes

    Shoes

    Date: 1971
    Accession Number: 1980.586.31a, b

  • Evening dress

    Evening dress

    André Courrèges (French, born 1923)

    Date: 1965
    Accession Number: 1974.384.10

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  • PAULDRON, LOWER LAME OF
    PAULDRON, LOWER LAME OF

    Date: ca. 1550
    Accession Number: 26.234.11

  • Nightgown
    Nightgown

    Date: 1825–30
    Accession Number: C.I.41.25.1

  • Fan
    Fan

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 63.90.75

  • Dress
    Dress

    House of Chanel (French, founded 1913)

    Date: early 1970s
    Accession Number: 2006.271.34a, b

  • Shoes
    Shoes

    House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

    Date: 1957
    Accession Number: 1979.472.27

  • Flask
    Flask

    Date: 18th–19th century
    Accession Number: 91.1.1151

  • Shoe
    Shoe

    Date: 16th century
    Accession Number: 29.158.457

  • Toque
    Toque

    House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

    Date: spring/summer 1964
    Accession Number: 1974.303.1a–c

  • Veil
    Veil

    Date: 1700–1940
    Accession Number: C.I.40.191.1

  • String of Beads
    String of Beads

    Date: 7th century or earlier
    Accession Number: 12.37.76

  • Shoes
    Shoes

    Date: 1720–39
    Accession Number: 2009.300.4746a, b

  • Shoes
    Shoes

    Shoe Biz (Italian)

    Date: 1968–71
    Accession Number: 1972.27.11a, b

  • Disk Brooch
    Disk Brooch

    Date: 8th century (?)
    Accession Number: 17.192.54

  • T-shirt
    T-shirt

    Elaine Post

    Date: 1965–75
    Accession Number: 1985.373.4

  • Skirt (Hakama)
    Skirt (Hakama)

    Date: ca. 1615–1868
    Accession Number: 14.100.212

  • HELMET; Hachi
    HELMET; Hachi

    Date: 15th century
    Accession Number: 36.25.173

  • Rosière
    Rosière

    Paul Poiret (French, Paris 1879–1944 Paris)

    Date: 1911
    Accession Number: 2005.188

  • Hat
    Hat

    Julius Garfinckel & Co. (American)

    Date: 1935
    Accession Number: 1982.80

  • Shoes
    Shoes

    Date: 1971
    Accession Number: 1980.586.31a, b

  • Evening dress
    Evening dress

    André Courrèges (French, born 1923)

    Date: 1965
    Accession Number: 1974.384.10

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