Cocktail dress — Accession 1979.424.1

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Method

Methodology

Object

Cocktail dress

Accession number

1979.424.1

Date

1950–53

Makers

• Ceil Chapman

Medium

rayon

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Gift of Ann M. Kivlan, 1979

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

evening

Era

New Look decade (1947–1957)

Season

—

Material family

• synthetic