84.114.5

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Luxury_34 Left to right 84.114.5 (black dress), 83.172.54B (textile wall), 79.169.5 (shoes case), U.930 (jewelry case), P88.66.6 (hat case), 92.202.1 (gloves case), 74.36.18 (coat and dress), PL74.1.24 (gown with embroidered bodice), PL74.1.23 (satin gown)

Luxury_20 Left to right 84.114.5 (black dress), 83.172.54B (textile wall), 79.169.5 (shoes case), U.930 (jewelry case), P88.66.6 (hat case), 92.202.1 (gloves case), 74.36.18 (coat and dress), PL74.1.24 (gown with embroidered bodice), PL74.1.23 (satin gown), 91.241.136 (black ballgown), 84.103.5 (ivory and black gown)

Object: Evening dress

Brand: Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Designer: Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895 - 1972)

Date: 1951-1952

Medium: Silk jersey, silk faille, and sequin and jet beaded lace

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Noma Copley

Object number: 84.114.5

DescriptionShort evening dress: black silk jersey and black silk faille with jet beaded black lace overlay; jersey bodice; jewel neckline; back bodice with center seam and princess waist darts; long, fitted sleeves with zipper closing wrists; underarm gusset; one piece front with princess waist darts; 2.5 cm faille waist tie; six gore, below the knee length 1/2 circle skirt two black taffeta and horse hair petticoats; center back neckline and left side seam zipper closing

Label Text:According to the philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky, women of the 1950s "aspired to be supreme embodiments of luxurious elegance and refined chic." Certainly Balenciaga was a master of this look. Here, he balances the weight of this fully beaded skirt with a delicate silk jersey top, creating a graceful, harmonious effect.

In Collection(s)

1950s

Exhibitions:

Luxury