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Well of love (Puits d’Amour)

CHRISTIAN DIOR, Paris (fashion house), Christian DIOR (designer)
Well of love (Puits d’Amour)
 1948 {Winged (Ailée) line, autumn-winter 1948–49}

Medium
silk, acetate, viscose, metal (fastenings)

Measurements
(a) 28.5 cm (centre back) 27.0 cm (waist, flat) (bodice)
(b) 116.0 cm (centre back) 30.0 cm (waist flat) (overskirt)
(c) 82.0 cm (centre back) 28.0 cm (waist, flat) (underskirt)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
© Christian Dior Couture

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Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International

Artwork Details

Inscription
(a) label centre back, woven in black on white silk: Christian Dior / PARIS
(b) label, right side back, printed in ink on white cotton tape: 9205
(c) label, centre back, printed in ink on white cotton tape: 9205

Accession Number
2017.605.a-c

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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