(Textile) "Toundra"

Abraham & Brauchbar|Bergdorf Goodman

ca. 1969 · silk · Costume Institute

Bergdorf Goodman's designer salon sold their own designs as well as authorized copies of couture pieces. This dress, while not the same design, is made using the identical fabric, named "Toundra, " as a Balenciaga evening gown from 1960.

Artist

Abraham & Brauchbar|Bergdorf Goodman

Date

ca. 1969

Medium

silk

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. Alan L. Corey, Jr., 1980