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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoes | Givenchy | 01/01/1952 | footwear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening stole | Givenchy | 01/01/1952 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Patou | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1952 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1957 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening wrap | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Partie Fine" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Désirée" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Diorama" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Sylvie" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Grand Guigno" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Cecil Beaton" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Comedie Légère" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| "Comedie Italienne" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Dinner dress | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Hat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Evening ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | fall/winter |
| Dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Ensemble | Givenchy | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Cocktail dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | spring/summer |
| Hat | Dior | 01/01/1951 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening shoes | Dior | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ball gown | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| "Quiproquo" | Dior | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | 01/01/1956 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Dior | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ensemble | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Ball gown | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Shrug | Balenciaga | 01/01/1953 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cape | Balenciaga | 01/01/1956 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Grès | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Gloves | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1951 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dinner ensemble | Mainbocher | 01/01/1953 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1956 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Givenchy | 01/01/1953 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Balmain | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balmain | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Cocktail dress | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |