Evening dress

Pierre Balmain|House of Balmain

1953 · silk, nylon, metallic embroidery, sequins · Costume Institute

Balmain offers two motifs in one: both the tumbling cascade of tendril-twisted tiny flowers and the buoyant garlands of flowers blown open with serrated petals. These principal flowers are embroidered facsimiles of blooms seen in glazed tiles and cloisonné enamels.

Artist

Pierre Balmain|House of Balmain

Date

1953

Medium

silk, nylon, metallic embroidery, sequins

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Jean Sinclair Tailer, 1964