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

Eisa, evening dress
1952 {spring-summer 1952}

Mary, Lady Vere William LARKIN Pair of glass coolers SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer) Hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) The first cloud William Quiller ORCHARDSON Banner ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Lace (FRANCE) Hero and Leander Nicolas RÉGNIER Sampler Margaret FOSTER Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI PANEL (TURKEY) Black bunny ears hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer) Chacmool Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL The Mayor's Cup William KERR Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ Shoe covers COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Look 15, dress BALENCIAGA, Paris (fashion house); Nicolas GHESQUIÈRE (designer) The skittle players David TENIERS II Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Textile William MORRIS Dress ENGLAND Top COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer) The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna Sideboard, from the Langer apartment Adolf LOOS (designer) The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN The finding of the True Cross COLA dell'Amatrice Cap CHRISTIAN DIOR, Paris (fashion house); John GALLIANO (designer); Stephen JONES (milliner)