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Dinner dress

Design House House of Balenciaga French
Designer Cristobal Balenciaga Spanish
fall/winter 1963–64
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dinner dress
  • Design House: House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)
  • Designer: Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish, Guetaria, San Sebastian 1895–1972 Javea)
  • Date: fall/winter 1963–64
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Silk
    Knee-length;
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Jane Holzer, 1977
  • Object Number: 2009.300.7925
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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