"Petal"
Object type: Ball gown
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: American
Artist: Charles James
Artist bio: American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1951
Medium: silk
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coulson, 1964
Accession year: 2009