COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MMA_.CI60.21.1ab
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MMA_.CI60.21.1ab
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
aly
2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
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Costume and Jewelry
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Dior, Christian
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Dior, Christian
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
European; French
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European; French
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
Designer
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Designer
Creator Role
false
Creator Dates/Places:
French, 1905-1957
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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
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Ball gown
Title
false
Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
false
Title:
'Mai'
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'Mai'
Title
false
View:
Full View
rid
Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
Spring/Summer 1953
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Spring/Summer 1953
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1953
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1953
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1953
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1953
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
silk, horsehair
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silk, horsehair
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Main dress-Womenswear
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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
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
CI 60.21.1ab
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CI 60.21.1ab
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. David Kluger
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Gift of Mrs. David Kluger
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<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
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ci.60.21.1ab.R.tif
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MMA_.ci.60.21.1ab.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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