"Dalmation"
Bergdorf Goodman|Christian Dior|House of Dior
ca. 1955 · silk, feathers · Costume Institute
The hand painting and application of feathers is a uniquely couture, with a whimsical reference to Dalmatian spots. The print might have been in response to the publication of Dodie Smith's book "The Hundred and One Dalmatians".
- Artist
- Bergdorf Goodman|Christian Dior|House of Dior
- Date
- ca. 1955
- Medium
- silk, feathers
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Credit line
- Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., 1975
