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The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Pauline Trigère, 1993. Object record

Evening dress

1953

Materials

wool, glass

House / label

Pauline Trigère

Collection

1953

Archive reference

1993.138.6

Behind the design

Trigère's 1953 evening dress combines a close, sleeveless shape with folds radiating downward from the neck. Its dark, textured surface rewards comparison with her later silk-and-rhinestone dress. The Met records wool and glass, documenting an evening garment whose material character differs from familiar silk couture gowns.

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