Evening dress

Designer Gallenga Italian

Designer Maria Monaci Gallenga Italian

ca. 1920

Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information

Overview

Title: Evening dress
Designer: Gallenga (Italian, 1918–1974)
Designer: Maria Monaci Gallenga (Italian, Rome 1880–1944 Umbria)
Date: ca. 1920
Culture: Italian
Medium: silk, metal, glass beads
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Natalie Rector, 1962
Object Number: 2009.300.312a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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