Cocktail dress
Object type: Cocktail dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: American
Artist: Charles James
Artist bio: American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: American
Date: early 1950s
Medium: silk
Credit line: Purchase, Costume Institute Benefit Fund, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, and Acquisitions Fund, 2013
Accession year: 2013