Cocktail dress — Accession 1997.193.1

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Method

Methodology

Object

Cocktail dress

Accession number

1997.193.1

Date

ca. 1944

Makers

• Charles James

Medium

silk

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Polaire Weissman Fund, 1997

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

evening

Era

Wartime & utility (1940–1946)

Season

—

Material family

• silk