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Dressing gown

Designer Brooks Costume Company American
Designer Eaves Costume Company
Designer Cecil Beaton British

1954

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Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

Dressing gown, Brooks Costume Company (American), silk, cotton, metallic thread, American

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Title: Dressing gown

Designer: Brooks Costume Company (American)

Designer: Eaves Costume Company (American, 1963–1998)

Designer: Cecil Beaton (British, London 1904–1980 Broadchalke)

Date: 1954

Culture: American

Medium: silk, cotton, metallic thread

Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor Aherne, 1979

Accession Number: 1979.464a–c

Chronology

The United States and Canada, 1900 A.D.-present

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