Dinner dress — Accession 2009.300.172

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03/02/2020–09/03/2026

Method

Methodology

Object

Dinner dress

Accession number

2009.300.172

Date

ca. 1945

Makers

• Mainbocher
• Mainbocher

Medium

silk

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1954

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

Mainbocher

Garment family

evening

Era

Wartime & utility (1940–1946)

Season

—

Material family

• silk