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Dress

Dress
 (c. 1959)

Medium
silk, cotton, nylon, metal, paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
silk, cotton, nylon, metal, paper
Measurements
(a) 95.0 cm (centre back) 28.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 6.0 × 82.0 cm (belt)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
(a) label, proper left side, woven in black on white silk: BOUTIQUE / Christian Dior / PARIS
label, printed in ink on white silk: 887801
Accession Number
2017.1039.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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