71.265.20

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Dior + Balenciaga, Left to right 70.64.1 (red coat), muslin Toile by Ellen Shanley, former MFIT curator, 71.265.20 (purple coat), 93.61.1 (grey coat)

Dior + Balenciaga, Left to right: 70.64.1 (red coat), muslin Toile by Ellen Shanley, former MFIT curator, 71.265.20 (purple coat), 93.61.1 (grey coat), 71.213.13 (ivory and black dress), 75.82.44 (blue dress), 86.106.4 (floral dress), PL74.1.3 (ensemble)

Paris Refashioned_21 72.81.27 (coat), 71.265.20 (purple coat)

Paris Refashioned_20 Left to right 75.125.5 (red coat), 72.81.27 (coat), 71.265.20 (purple coat), 91.190.4 (rose print dress)

Object: Coat

Brand: Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Designer: Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895 - 1972)

Date: c. 1960

Medium: Mohair

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Doris Duke

Object number: 71.265.20

DescriptionPurple mohair barrel coat, ankle length with exaggerated full cut; band collar on open round neck, wide straight sleeves; large left front buttons

Exhibitions:

Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968
Dior + Balenciaga: The Kings of Couture and Their Legacies