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Ball gown — Accession 2009.300.546

Ball gown — Accession 2009.300.546. Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Date: 1949; Makers: Charles James; Medium: silk

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03/02/2020–09/03/2026
Method
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Object
Ball gown
Accession number
2009.300.546
Date
1949
Makers
  • Charles James
Medium
silk
Dimensions
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Classification
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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 Vivian Mook Baer in memory of Sylvia Terner Mook, 1983
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
House
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Garment family
evening
Era
New Look decade (1947–1957)
Season
—
Material family
  • silk