Dinner dress — Accession 2013.406

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03/02/2020–09/03/2026

Method

Methodology

Object

Dinner dress

Accession number

2013.406

Date

1939

Makers

• Charles James

Medium

silk, synthetic

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Purchase, Costume Institute Benefit Fund, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, and Acquisitions Fund, 2013

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

evening

Era

Bias-cut thirties (1930s)

Season

—

Material family

• silk
• synthetic