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DIOR BOUTIQUE, Paris (fashion house), Yves SAINT LAURENT (designer)
Dress
 (c. 1959)

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)

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

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

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