BALENCIAGA, Paris (couture house), Cristóbal BALENCIAGA (designer)

Evening dress
1956 {autumn-winter 1956–57}

Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) Gasometers at Clichy Paul SIGNAC Sampler Margaret FOSTER Anguish August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends Jacopo AMIGONI Textile William MORRIS Beach dress FRANCE October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE Coffee pot GEORG JENSEN SØLVSMEDIE, Copenhagen (manufacturer); Henning KOPPEL (designer) PANEL (TURKEY) Glove purse MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) FRAGMENT Pregnancy ensemble (ENGLAND) Skirt ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer) Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL SEAT Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Nova shoes UNITED NUDE (shoemaker); Rem D. KOOLHAAS (designer); Zaha HADID (designer) The thinker Auguste RODIN Outfit BODY MAP, London (fashion house); Stevie STEWART (designer); David HOLAH (designer) (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Portrait of an old lady Françoise DUPARC Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) Bonnet FRANCE Hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer)