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Purple knee-length barrel coat with wide sleeves and large left-of-center buttons

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Gray coat and purple coat with large front buttons of a similar wide cut

Coat

Brand Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Designer Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895 - 1972)

c. 1960

Mohair

France

Gift of Doris Duke

Object number71.265.20

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