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: spring/summer 1946
Medium: silk, linen, jet
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. John Chambers Hughes, 1958
Accession year: 1958