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Ball gown

Design House House of Worth French
1898–1903
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ball gown
  • Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)
  • Date: 1898–1903
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: silk
  • Credit Line: Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.3.8a, b
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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