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 dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening jacket | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening skirt | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening overskirt | Mainbocher | 01/01/1945 | other | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening blouse | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail jacket | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Blouse | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1948 | evening | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Evening ensemble | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Suit | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Hat | Lanvin | 01/01/1948 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Hat | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1948 | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Paquin | 01/01/1943 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Suit | Jacques Fath | 01/01/1948 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Coat | Balenciaga | 01/01/1947 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Blouse | Mainbocher | 01/01/1942 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Uniform | Mainbocher | 01/01/1942 | other | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Blouse | Mainbocher | 01/01/1947 | daywear | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Suit | Mainbocher | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dress | Grès | 01/01/1946 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Cocktail apron | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | other | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening apron | Mainbocher | 01/01/1943 | other | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Jacket | Patou | 01/01/1945 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening blouse | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Dinner dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Dinner dress | Dior | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | spring/summer |
| Evening hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Evening belt | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| "Sleeping de Schiaparelli" | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | other | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Suit | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Coat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Blouse | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Evening blouse | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Evening ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Evening belt | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Ensemble | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Doll hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Sailor hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | daywear | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | summer |
| Evening headdress | Mainbocher | 01/01/1940 | accessories | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Hat | Dior | Unavailable | accessories | New Look decade (1947–1957) | — |
| Necklace | Dior | Unavailable | jewelry | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |