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 bolero | Balenciaga | Unavailable | other | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dinner suit | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Balmain | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Dior | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Dior | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Hat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1948 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening jacket | Balenciaga | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1951 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Turban | Grès | 01/01/1946 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Suit | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Skirt | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner blouse | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening skirt | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dinner dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening sweater set | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening sweater | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Sweater set | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening sweater set | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening blouse | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening blouse | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Blouse | Lanvin | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Coat | Cardin | 01/01/1951 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Necklace | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1946 | jewelry | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail ensemble | Balenciaga | Unavailable | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | fall/winter |
| Necklace | Chanel | 01/01/1950 | jewelry | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1947 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Hat | Paquin | 01/01/1945 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Necklace | Dior | Unavailable | jewelry | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Bracelet | Dior | Unavailable | jewelry | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coatdress | Dior | 01/01/1947 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Dress | Dior | 01/01/1947 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Dior | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Jacket | Dior | Unavailable | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening dress | Dior | Unavailable | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Petticoat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | other | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening hat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Hat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1950 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |