"Pear Shape"
Object type: Cocktail Dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: American
Artist: Forstmann|Charles James
Artist bio: American, founded 1904|American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978
Artist role: Manufacturer|Designer
Artist nationality: American|American
Date: 1955
Medium: wool
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jean de Menil, 1960
Accession year: 2009