Evening dress — Accession 1978.35.1

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Method

Methodology

Object

Evening dress

Accession number

1978.35.1

Date

1955–58

Makers

• James Galanos

Medium

cotton, nylon

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Gift of Dolores Crevolin Gray, 1978

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

evening

Era

New Look decade (1947–1957)

Season

—

Material family

• cotton
• synthetic