dress, 3-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1951
name: label: used by
content: Bismarck, Mona
label: designer
content: Balenciaga, Cristobal
label: maker
content: Balenciaga, Cristobal
label: maker
content: Balenciaga, Cristobal
notes: label: Description
content: White strapless floral lace on black net ground; DRESS-full length evening, with separate pink cummerbund; long panels/train in back and separate tafetta petticoat; full gathered lace skirt; bodice has scalloped lace applied along top edge and skirt hem edge; boning on back side and front of bodice; lined in grey silk taffeta; full gathered skirt with grey silk organdy underskirt attached at waistline; underskirt has darts in front and gathered in back, to minialize bulk in front; left side zipper closure sewn to bodice and extends into organdy underskirt; side opening on lace skirt fastens with snaps; grosgrain ribbon waistline stay sewn along upper edge inside edge of bodice waist to stabilize dress to body; PETTICOAT-five panel grey silk taffeta; waistline darts to minimize the bulk; left side opening with snap closure; 4-inch-wide band of horsehair braid stitched 11 inches down from waistline and another band of braid along hemline; horsehair band is encased in taffeta and stitched in place; 1/2-inch bias binding around waistline; CUMMERBUND-pink silk taffeta, boned; with folds; contour-shaped front, narrowing in back; center back hook and eye closure; lined in same fabric; two long pink panels, one 55 inches (139.7 cm) long and the other 38 inches (96.5 cm) long, attached to left side end of cummerbund with a gathered loop attached to left side long edge to form a knot; panels have a 1-inch hem along lengths and 2-inch fringe at lower edge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: made in
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: used in
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Countess Mona Bismarck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.278873.011
label: catalog number
content: 278873.011
label: accession number
content: 278873
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 3-Piece
label: Other Terms
content: Dress, 3-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 49 in; 124.46 cm
label: Measurements
content: waist: 25 in; x 63.5 cm