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Cocktail Dress
Pierre Balmain for Balmain1964
Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Bangkok, Thailand
The deeply textured embroidery decorating this simple sheath depicts stylized, Thai-inflected floral motifs arranged in a manner reminiscent of 18th-century French brocades. This combination of Thai and European design influences is typical of Balmain and Lesage’s work for Her Majesty.
Details
- Title: Cocktail Dress
- Creator: Pierre Balmain
- Creator Birth Date: 1914
- Creator Death Date: 1982
- Fashion House: Balmain
- Manufacturer: House of Lesage
- Date Created: 1964
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Type: Dress
- Rights: Collection of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
- Medium: Silk organza, faille under synthetic net, bead embroidery
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