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This "Cyclone" evening dress by Jeanne Lanvin was worn by her daughter, the comtesse Jeanne de Polignac. According to Bettina Ballard, she was a "soft beauty" who belonged more to the intimacy of the private salon than to public places of entertainment. Lanvin's spectacular creation was featured in the Museum's exhibition Blithe Spirit: The Windsor Set(2002), and had not been shown in New York since its debut in 1940.
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- Title: "Cyclone"
- Creator: Jeanne Lanvin
- Fashion House: House of Lanvin (French, founded 1889)
- Date Created: 1939
- Type: Evening dress
- External Link: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Collection Online
- Medium: silk, spangles
- Designer: Jeanne Lanvin
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn, 1946
- Creator Death Date: 1946
- Creator Birth Date: 1867
- Accession Number: 82103
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