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Evening Dress

1966 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Evening dress and cape of deep rose pink gazar with melanex trim, matching organza lining and metal zip fastening.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Evening Dress
  • Cape
Materials and techniques
Gazar, organza, melanex, metal zip
Brief description
Evening dress and cape of gazar, designed by Balenciaga, made in Paris, 1966
Physical description
Evening dress and cape of deep rose pink gazar with melanex trim, matching organza lining and metal zip fastening.
Production typeHaute couture
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Balenciaga, 10 Avenue George V, Paris' (Maker's label; black on white, stitched in the right side seam)
  • '90263' (Number printed on back of maker's label)
  • 'S.L.72.114.42' (Typed tape label, stitched inside the left shoulder)
  • 'goes with No. 43' (Attached blue card tag)
  • 'No. 43' (Attached blue card tag)
  • 'Cecil Beaton (private collection SL.72114.4A dress)' (Attached white card tag)
Credit line
Given by Cecil Beaton
Object history
'Homage a Balenciaga', Musee Historique de Tissus, Lyon, 1985 p.55 shows a house sketch with fabric sample attached with caption 'embroidery: Rebe (fevrier 64). The numer 97 is wrtten on the sketch.
Production
Date attributed by Madame Jouve, former Balenciaga archivist
Other number
90263 - Number on label
Collection
Accession number
T.2&A-1977

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Record createdDecember 5, 2005
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