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Couture Houses Ledger

The Couture Houses Ledger catalogs Costume Institute objects by fifty luxury and couture houses in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, with garment family, named era, parsed collection season, materials and designer attribution, drawn from the Met Collection API (CC0) and refreshed monthly. Every entry links its museum record; objects are described as cataloged, never appraised.

Records
5,000
Last changed
Update schedule
47 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage
03/02/2020–09/02/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectHouseDateGarment familyEraSeason
CaftanLanvin01/01/1970otherSeventies
SkirtLanvin01/01/1970daywearSeventies
ScarfCardinUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
HatCardin01/01/1970accessoriesSeventies
HatCardinUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
BeltCardinUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
EnsembleCardin01/01/1965daywearSixties
CapeCardin01/01/1968otherSixties
TrousersCardin01/01/1965daywearSixties
CoatCardin01/01/1970daywearSeventies
DressCardinUnavailabledaywearSixties
Cocktail dressCardin01/01/1965eveningSixties
Evening dressBalmain01/01/1965eveningSixties
HatCourrèges01/01/1965accessoriesSixties
DressCourrèges01/01/1965daywearSixties
EnsembleCourrèges01/01/1965daywearSixties
CoatdressCourrèges01/01/1965otherSixties
DressCourrèges01/01/1965daywearSixties
JacketCourrèges01/01/1965daywearSixties
EnsembleCourrègesUnavailabledaywearSixties
Evening ensembleCourrèges01/01/1970eveningSeventies
BootsCourrèges01/01/1967footwearSixties
ShoesCourrèges01/01/1967footwearSixties
EnsembleCourrègesUnavailabledaywearSixties
EnsembleCourrèges01/01/1965daywearSixties
Evening dressCourrèges01/01/1965eveningSixties
DressCourrèges01/01/1965daywearSixties
HatCourrèges01/01/1965accessoriesSixties
EnsembleCourrèges01/01/1970daywearSeventies
DressCourrèges01/01/1965daywearSixties
ClutchGucci01/01/1970accessoriesSeventies
PurseGucciUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
EnsembleUngaro01/01/1970daywearSeventies
CoatBalenciaga01/01/1964daywearSixties
Pillbox hatBalenciaga01/01/1964accessoriesSixtiesspring/summer
Evening dressDiorUnavailableeveningSixtiesfall/winter
Wedding ensembleDior01/01/1964eveningSixtiesspring/summer
Evening coatDiorUnavailableeveningSixtiesfall/winter
Evening dressDior01/01/1964eveningSixtiesspring/summer
Evening jumpsuitDior01/01/1964daywearSixtiesspring/summer
Cocktail ensembleDior01/01/1964daywearSixtiesspring/summer
ToqueBalenciaga01/01/1964accessoriesSixtiesspring/summer
DressBalenciaga01/01/1964daywearSixtiesspring/summer
Cocktail dressBalenciaga01/01/1964eveningSixtiesspring/summer
Evening ensembleBalenciagaUnavailableeveningSixtiesfall/winter
HousecoatBalenciaga01/01/1964otherSixtiesspring/summer
EnsembleSaint Laurent01/01/1964daywearSixtiesspring/summer
Evening dressSaint Laurent01/01/1964eveningSixtiesspring/summer
Evening dressGrès01/01/1964eveningSixtiesspring/summer
Evening ensembleGivenchyUnavailableeveningSixtiesfall/winter