Evening dress

Designer Simonetta Italian

Designer Alberto Fabiani Italian

1962–65

Not on view

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Title: Evening dress
Designer: Simonetta (Italian, born 1922)
Designer: Alberto Fabiani (Italian, born ca. 1910)
Date: 1962–65
Culture: Italian
Medium: silk
Credit Line: Gift of Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1978
Object Number: 1978.34.1a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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