"Petal"
The petal ball gown, a variant on a dress first made for Millicent Rogers in 1949, is typical of James's interst in deriving designs from nature, at least purportedly, with such biomorphic forms and names in preparatory sketches, including the tree, butterfly, swan, and clover-leaf. But James's hyper-nature was invariably rather more dreamer and fantacist than laboratory biologist.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Petal"
- Designer: Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)
- Date: 1951
- Culture: American
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Gift of Marietta Tree, 1965
- Object Number: C.I.65.36.2
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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