Evening dress — Accession 1985.285

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Method

Methodology

Object

Evening dress

Accession number

1985.285

Date

1949

Makers

• Norman Norell

Medium

silk, plastic

Dimensions

—

Classification

—

Department

Costume Institute

Culture

American

Credit line

Gift of Vivian Simkins Lasko, 1985

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

House

—

Garment family

evening

Era

New Look decade (1947–1957)

Season

—

Material family

• silk
• synthetic