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Ball dress

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2020.3.24.3.CW.DR.C1956.FR
Authors:
House of Jacques Griffe (French, 1941–1968)
Staron (French, 1867- n/a)
Description
Sleeveless silk taffeta ball dress with woven large scattered poppies. Curved band outlining the bust, deep V to waist.  From the fabric by Staron.

Pierre Balmain, Jacques Fath, Jacques Griffe and Jean Desses also produced dresses using this fabric for their Spring-Summer 1956 collections. L'Officiel nos 409-410 p. 210 shows the Fath version.
Material
Silk taffeta
Origin
circa 1956 Paris, France
Exhibitions History
• 2013.07.18–2013.09.29. ‘From War to Peace. The Fashion of the 1940s and 1950s. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia.
• 2013.11.12–2014.08.10. ‘From War to Peace. The Fashion of the 1940s and 1950s. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania. Catalogue.
• 2016.07.13–2016.10.16. ‘Tamed Nature. 18th–21st Century. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia.
• 2021.09.17–2021.11.14. ‘To Play To The Gallery. Fashion And Portrait.’ Together with Museum of Art and History, Geneva, Switzerland. Museum of Art and History, Palatine’s room, Geneva, Switzerland.