Cocktail dress
Object type: Cocktail Dress
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: Cristobal Balenciaga|House of Balenciaga
Artist bio: Spanish, Guetaria, San Sebastian 1895–1972 Javea|French, founded 1937
Artist role: Designer|Design House
Artist nationality: Spanish|French
Date: spring/summer 1953
Medium: silk
Credit line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Robert F. Hussey, 1983
Accession year: 2009