'Mai'

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.CI60.21.1ab

amicoid

MMA_.CI60.21.1ab

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

aly

2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Costume and Jewelry

oty

Costume and Jewelry

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Dior, Christian

crn

Dior, Christian

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; French

crc

European; French

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

Designer

crr

Designer

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

French, 1905-1957

cdt

French, 1905-1957

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Designed by Christian Dior

crt

Designed by Christian Dior

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Ball gown

otn

Ball gown

Title

false

Title Type:

Object name

ott

Object name

Title Type

false

Title:

'Mai'

otn

'Mai'

Title

false

View:

Full View

rid

Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

Spring/Summer 1953

oct

Spring/Summer 1953

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1953

ocs

1953

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1953

oce

1953

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

silk, horsehair

omd

silk, horsehair

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Main dress-Womenswear

clt

Main dress-Womenswear

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

Bodice: L. at center back 5.75 in. (14.5 cm); Skirt: L. at center back 45.5 in. (115.5 cm)

met

Bodice: L. at center back 5.75 in. (14.5 cm); Skirt: L. at center back 45.5 in. (115.5 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

oon

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

oop

New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

CI 60.21.1ab

ooa

CI 60.21.1ab

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. David Kluger

ooc

Gift of Mrs. David Kluger

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

orl

<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Dior reveled in the paradox of the natural and the sophisticated. The most telling example is his frequent self-presentation, not as a man who symbolized the authority of French taste, but rather as a simple gardener, farmer, and mill owner.

In 'May,' flowering grasses and wild clover are rendered in silk floss on organza. This 'simple' patterning of meadow-gone-to-weed is composed of the tiniest French knots and the meticulously measured stitches of the hand embroiderer, suggesting that for Dior, it was not only that beauty resides in the most rustic, but also that the most successful artifice is a beguiling naivété.

cxd

<P>Dior reveled in the paradox of the natural and the sophisticated. The most telling example is his frequent self-presentation, not as a man who symbolized the authority of French taste, but rather as a simple gardener, farmer, and mill owner.</P> <P>In 'May,' flowering grasses and wild clover are rendered in silk floss on organza. This 'simple' patterning of meadow-gone-to-weed is composed of the tiniest French knots and the meticulously measured stitches of the hand embroiderer, suggesting that for Dior, it was not only that beauty resides in the most rustic, but also that the most successful artifice is a beguiling naivété.</P>

Context

false

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