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Gown
Gown

Gown

Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher (American (active in France), 1891–1976)
1930s
Medium/Techniquelame, silk plain weave (charmeuse)
DimensionsCenter front x bust x waist x hips: 60 x 32 x 24 x 33 in. (152.4 x 81.3 x 61 x 83.8 cm)
Center back: 70 in. (177.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in honor of Alexandra B. Huff
Accession number2012.442
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceAbout 1990, Marilyn Glass, Los Angeles, CA; 2012, sold by Glass to the MFA. (Accession date: June 27, 2012)

Coat
Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher
1950–1960
Woman's evening dress
Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher
1950
Group shot: 2014.2059.1-2
Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher
about 1960
Day Coat
Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher
1950–1960
Day coat
Main Rousseau Bocher, known as Mainbocher
about 1960
Conservation status: Before treatment
Tom and Linda Platt
Spring 1993
Conservation status: Before treatment
Geoffrey Beene
Fall 1984
Conservation status: Before treatment
Geoffrey Beene
Spring 2001
Woman's dress
Bob Mackie
1980s
Woman's dress
Sophie Theallet
2012-2014
Evening dress
John Redfern
about 1905
Conservation status: Before treatment
Jean-Philippe Worth
1912–13