COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.CI58.13.6ab
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MMA_.CI58.13.6ab
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
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Costume and Jewelry
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Balenciaga, Cristobal
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Balenciaga, Cristobal
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Iberian; Spanish
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European; Iberian; Spanish
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
Designer
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Designer
Creator Role
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Spanish, 1895-1972
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Spanish, 1895-1972
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Designed by Cristobal Balenciaga
crt
Designed by Cristobal Balenciaga
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Ball gown
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Ball gown
Title
false
Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
autumn/winter 1948
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autumn/winter 1948
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1948
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1948
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1948
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1948
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
silk, crinoline, steel
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silk, crinoline, steel
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Main dress-Womenswear
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Main dress-Womenswear
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L. at center back 43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm)
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L. at center back 43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
CI 58.13.6ab
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CI 58.13.6ab
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Lisa and Jody Greene, in memory of their loving mother, Ethel S. Greene, 1958
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Gift of Lisa and Jody Greene, in memory of their loving mother, Ethel S. Greene, 1958
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Keenly historicist, Balenciaga invented a fantasy of eighteenth-century court dress, knowing that Marie-Antoinette favored overdresses with swags anchored by roses. Sustained by wide panniers also appropriated from eighteenth-century fashion, Balenciaga renewed the Rococo rose for the 1940s and 1950s.
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<P>Keenly historicist, Balenciaga invented a fantasy of eighteenth-century court dress, knowing that Marie-Antoinette favored overdresses with swags anchored by roses. Sustained by wide panniers also appropriated from eighteenth-century fashion, Balenciaga renewed the Rococo rose for the 1940s and 1950s.</P>
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci.58.13.6ab.R.tif
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MMA_.ci.58.13.6ab.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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