Cocktail dress
Object type: Cocktail dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: Cristobal Balenciaga|House of Balenciaga
Artist bio: Spanish, Guetaria, San Sebastian 1895–1972 Javea|French, founded 1937
Artist role: Designer|Design House
Artist nationality: Spanish|French
Date: ca. 1955
Medium: Silk, horsehair
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Albert Wachenheim Jr., 1961
Accession year: 2009