Evening dress
Object type: Evening dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: American
Artist: Fira Benenson|Bonwit Teller & Co.
Artist bio: American, born Baku, Russia 1898–1977 New York|American, founded 1907
Artist role: Designer|Retailer
Artist nationality: American|American
Date: ca. 1943
Medium: Silk
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Lady Emilia Dreher Armstrong, 1969
Accession year: 2009