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Woman's Dress

(French, founded 1937)
(Taiwanese-American, born in 1983)
2012-2015
Medium/TechniquePolyester and silk matelasse; lined with silk plain weave
DimensionsCenter back: 88.9 cm (35 in.)
Costume: 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number2016.509
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceSold by retailers to an anonymous donor; 2016, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)
Group shot: 2017.4357.1-3
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1978
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about 1908
Group shot: 2016.519.2-3
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about 1995
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1990s
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Spring–Summer 1961