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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
ToqueBalenciaga01/01/1963accessoriesSixties
HatBalenciaga01/01/1963accessoriesSixties
TurbanBalenciagaUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
Evening wrapBalenciagaUnavailableeveningSixties
Cocktail hatBalenciaga01/01/1965accessoriesSixties
HatBalenciaga01/01/1965accessoriesSixties
ToqueBalenciaga01/01/1965accessoriesSixties
TightsBalenciaga01/01/1965otherSixties
HatBalenciagaUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
Pillbox hatBalenciagaUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
Evening ensembleBalenciaga01/01/1963eveningSixties
HousecoatBalenciaga01/01/1963otherSixties
Evening coatBalenciagaUnavailableeveningSixties
Evening dressBalenciaga01/01/1963eveningSixties
Evening coatBalenciaga01/01/1963eveningSixties
RaincoatBalenciaga01/01/1968daywearSixties
CoatBalenciagaUnavailabledaywearSixties
DressBalenciagaUnavailabledaywearSixties
SuitBalenciagaUnavailabledaywearSixties
Evening dressBalenciagaUnavailableeveningSixties
Evening ensembleBalenciaga01/01/1963eveningSixties
EnsembleBalenciagaUnavailabledaywearSixties
SuitBalenciaga01/01/1963daywearSixties
LoungewearBalenciaga01/01/1968otherSixties
Cocktail dressBalenciagaUnavailableeveningSixties
HatSaint Laurent01/01/1968accessoriesSixties
DressSaint Laurent01/01/1965daywearSixties
SuitSaint Laurent01/01/1968daywearSixties
"Safari"Saint Laurent01/01/1968daywearSixties
Evening dressSaint Laurent01/01/1968eveningSixties
HatSaint LaurentUnavailableaccessoriesSixties
BeltSaint Laurent01/01/1968accessoriesSixties
ShoesChanelUnavailablefootwearSixties
ShoesChanel01/01/1963footwearSixties
EnsembleGrès01/01/1968daywearSixties
DressGrès01/01/1968daywearSixties
Cocktail dressChanel01/01/1965eveningSixties
DressGrèsUnavailabledaywearSeventies
SuitChanel01/01/1965daywearSixties
EnsembleChanel01/01/1965daywearSixties
Evening dressGrès01/01/1968eveningSixties
Evening dressGrès01/01/1968eveningSixties
Cocktail ensembleChanelUnavailabledaywearSixties
SuitChanelUnavailabledaywearSixties
Cocktail suitChanelUnavailabledaywearSixties
Cocktail suitChanelUnavailabledaywearSixties
Evening dressGrès01/01/1963eveningSixties
Lounging pajamasGrèsUnavailableotherSeventies
SuitGrèsUnavailabledaywearSixties
SuitChanel01/01/1968daywearSixties