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 jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening blouse | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Necklace | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | jewelry | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening vest | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Evening blouse | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening dress | Grès | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Necklace | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | jewelry | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Button | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | other | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Button | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | other | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| "Double Slipper Beret" | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Suit | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Ensemble | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Doll hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening hat | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring |
| Cocktail hat | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Dinner dress | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | summer |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Skirt | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | winter |
| Headband | Mainbocher | 01/01/1940 | other | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | fall/winter |
| Evening dress | Lanvin | 01/01/1938 | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | spring/summer |
| Model No. 487 | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Balenciaga | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1938 | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Necklace | Chanel | 01/01/1938 | jewelry | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening dress | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | evening | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Hat | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | accessories | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Suit | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Sweater | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Sweater | Schiaparelli | Unavailable | daywear | Bias-cut thirties (1930s) | — |
| Evening jacket | Schiaparelli | 01/01/1940 | evening | Wartime & utility (1940–1946) | — |