Evening dress
Object type: Evening 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|Designer
Artist nationality: Spanish|French
Date: fall/winter 1957
Medium: silk
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., 1963
Accession year: 2009