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.
| Object | House | Date | Garment family | Era | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening cap | Balenciaga | Unavailable | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Dior | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening ensemble | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| "Nuit de Autrefoi" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Nuit Fraiche" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Nuit D'Aout" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Muguet" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Luxembourg" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Benjamin" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Nuit à Chicago" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Nuit de Rêve" | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Compiègne" | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| "Priscilla" | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| "Chambord" | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dress | Dior | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening coat | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Venzuela" | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Cocktail dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Suit | Dior | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Ensemble | Chanel | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Dinner dress | Chanel | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dress | Givenchy | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Scarf | Givenchy | 01/01/1954 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Oriane" | Balmain | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| "Varennes" | Jacques Fath | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dress | Jean Dessès | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Dior | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail ensemble | Dior | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | 01/01/1959 | evening | Sixties | — |
| Hat | Dior | 01/01/1954 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1954 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail ensemble | Dior | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1954 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | Balenciaga | 01/01/1959 | daywear | Sixties | — |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1959 | evening | Sixties | — |
| Suit | Chanel | 01/01/1958 | daywear | Sixties | — |