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Dinner dress

Designer Norman Norell American
Manufacturer Traina-Norell American

1951

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Dinner dress, Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York), wool, cotton, American — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Dinner dress, Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York), wool, cotton, American

Dinner dress, Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York), wool, cotton, American

Dinner dress, Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York), wool, cotton, American

Dinner dress, Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York), wool, cotton, American

Dinner dress, Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York), wool, cotton, American

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Title: Dinner dress

Designer: Norman Norell (American, Noblesville, Indiana 1900–1972 New York)

Manufacturer: Traina-Norell (American, founded 1941)

Date: 1951

Culture: American

Medium: wool, cotton

Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Lauren Bacall, 1959

Accession Number: 2009.300.265a–c

Essay

Dressing for the Cocktail Hour

Chronology

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

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