Cocktail dress
Object type: Cocktail Dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: Christian Dior|House of Dior
Artist bio: French, Granville 1905–1957 Montecatini|French, founded 1947
Artist role: Designer|Design House
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: spring/summer 1956
Medium: silk, nylon
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Henry Rogers Benjamin, 1965
Accession year: 2009