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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.

Records
5,000
Last changed
Update schedule
47 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage
03/02/2020–09/02/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectHouseDateGarment familyEraSeason
ClipChanel01/01/1938jewelryBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening ensembleSchiaparelliUnavailableeveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressSchiaparelliUnavailableeveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Dinner dressSchiaparelli01/01/1938eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
DressMainbocher01/01/1935daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressMainbocher01/01/1938eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening ensembleMainbocher01/01/1933eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressLanvin01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressLanvin01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
HatLanvin01/01/1935accessoriesBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressLanvinUnavailableeveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
TeddyLanvinUnavailableotherBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening coatVionnet01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
ScarfVionnet01/01/1935accessoriesBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening ensembleVionnet01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening blouseVionnet01/01/1935daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressVionnet01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressVionnet01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
DressVionnet01/01/1936daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressVionnetUnavailableeveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
BeltVionnetUnavailableaccessoriesBias-cut thirties (1930s)
CapeVionnet01/01/1933otherBias-cut thirties (1930s)
"Delphos"Fortuny01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressPatou01/01/1935eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
EnsemblePaquin01/01/1935daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
CoatSchiaparelliUnavailabledaywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
BlouseSchiaparelli01/01/1937daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening coatSchiaparelliUnavailableeveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)winter
Evening coatLanvinUnavailableeveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)fall/winter
Evening coatLanvinUnavailableeveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)winter
CoatLanvinUnavailabledaywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)fall/winter
Evening dressVionnet01/01/1932eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)spring/summer
JacketSchiaparelli01/01/1932daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
DressSchiaparelliUnavailabledaywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressChanel01/01/1934eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressChanel01/01/1932eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressMainbocher01/01/1937eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Afternoon dressMainbocher01/01/1932daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Afternoon dressMainbocher01/01/1932daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
HatLanvin01/01/1932accessoriesBias-cut thirties (1930s)
HatLanvin01/01/1932accessoriesBias-cut thirties (1930s)
DressVionnet01/01/1932daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressVionnet01/01/1932eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
NegligéeVionnetUnavailableotherBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Afternoon dressPatou01/01/1932daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressPatou01/01/1937eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening coatSchiaparelli01/01/1934eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
JacketSchiaparelli01/01/1933daywearBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening ensembleChanel01/01/1931eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)
Evening dressWorth01/01/1933eveningBias-cut thirties (1930s)