CHANEL, Paris (fashion house), Gabrielle CHANEL (designer)

Evening dress
1938 {spring-summer 1938}

Writing cabinet Rene DUBOIS Dress GUCCI, Florence (fashion house) Pregnancy ensemble (ENGLAND) Rembrandt REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn; REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn (studio of) The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE Iris, platform sandals ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) Dress ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer) (Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX BROOCH Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law John Rogers HERBERT Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Lace (FRANCE) A monk with a book TITIAN Black bunny ears hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer) Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER Dress ULYANA SERGEENKO, Russia (fashion house); Ulyana SERGEENKO (designer) The skittle players David TENIERS II Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer) Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) CAP Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE BROCADE Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina Thomas de KEYSER Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI