• BALENCIAGA, Paris (fashion house), Cristóbal BALENCIAGA (designer)

Cocktail dress no. 112 and wrap
winter 1950

BROOCH Pregnancy ensemble (ENGLAND) Mary, Lady Vere William LARKIN Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL Writing cabinet Rene DUBOIS The Virgin and Child FLANDERS Sampler Margaret FOSTER Dress ENGLAND Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Ecstasy André MASSON Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY DAMASK Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer) Dress MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ Jacket ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) A monk with a book TITIAN DAMASK Portrait of an old lady Françoise DUPARC The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law John Rogers HERBERT Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) Banner ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) Beach dress FRANCE The skittle players David TENIERS II Dress ULYANA SERGEENKO, Russia (fashion house); Ulyana SERGEENKO (designer) Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to)