Evening dress
Object type: Evening dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: Pierre Balmain|House of Balmain
Artist bio: French, St. Jean de Maurienne 1914–1982 Paris|French, founded 1945
Artist role: Designer|Design House
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1953
Medium: silk, rhinestones
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein II, 1956
Accession year: 2009