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Movado Museum Sport Steel Rubber Strap Black Dial Quartz Mens Watch 0606507
By Movado
Located in New York, NY
Store Display Model Movado Museum Sport Steel Rubber Strap Black Dial Quartz Men's Watch 0606507
Category
2010s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Steel
Movado Museum Two-Tone Steel Black Diamond Dial Quartz Mens Watch 0606879
By Movado
Located in New York, NY
Country/Region of Manufacture Switzerland
Model Movado Museum
Style Classic, Dress/Formal
Movement Quartz
Category
2010s Swiss Wrist Watches
Azzedine Alaia 1980s Black Open back Leather Coat Dress
By Azzedine Alaïa
Located in Hong Kong, HK
the same collection archived by the MET museum, this dress is a true statement of luxury and style
Category
1990s Jackets
Antique Decorative Tapestry, French, Needlepoint, Wall Covering, Unicorn, C.1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
museum piece
Dressed to the rear with four hanging mounts for ease of wall display
This is an
Category
Early 20th Century French Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Puerto Rican Santos De Palo/Wood Carved Sculptures Of Saint Ursula/The Virgins
Located in Guaynabo, PR
display at the Smithsonian Art Museum. They are dressed with white robes and black crosses. Some of them
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Landscape Painting, Avignon, Nature Painting, XX Century,
QP 416
Located in Breganze, VI
of his works are exhibited in various museums.
The oil painting is dressed in a carved and lacquered
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Antique Tapestry, French, Needlepoint, Decorative Wall Covering, C.1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
-written French, including the age for the original museum piece
Dressed to the rear with six hanging
Category
Early 20th Century French Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Painting, Landscape Painting, Vallée de la Creuse, Didier Pouget, 1922s
By William Didier-Pouget
Located in Breganze, VI
museums.
The oil painting dresses with a gilded frame coeval to the work.
This antique oil painting on
Category
Early 20th Century French Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Landscape Painting, Les Gorges De La Dordogne, Didier Pouget, XX Century
Located in Breganze, VI
this important artist are exhibited in the many museums.
The oil painting dresses with a gilded
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Iconic OSCAR DE LA RENTA Gold Sequin Dress as seen on NICOLE and in The Museum
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Montgomery, TX
Oscar De La Renta Extremely Rare and Highly Collectible Museum Dress!!!
Designer size 16
Spring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Evening Gowns
c. 1967 Pierre Cardin Documented Dress Museum
By Pierre Cardin
Located in New York, NY
c. 1967 Pierre Cardin Futuristic Dress
Mini dress of navy wool jersey knit. The tubular mini dress
Category
1960s French Shift Dresses
Michaele Vollbracht silk print cape top and maxi dress museum piece 1980
By Michaele Vollbracht
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
We are offering this amazing Michaele Vollbracht silk print dress which is constructed of a cape
Category
1980s American Maxi Dress
1968 Harry Gordon Poster Dress Original Packaging Museum
By Harry Gordon
Located in New York, NY
1968 Harry Gordon Poster Dress Original Packaging Museum
The poster dress reflected a taste for
Category
1960s American Mini Dresses
Iconic MUSEUM Roberto Cavalli Fringe Beaded Dress as seen on TAYLOR SWIFT It. 40
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in Montgomery, TX
Iconic Roberto Cavalli Flapper Fringe Fully Beaded Gold Bronze Dress
S/S 2010 Collection
Italian
Category
2010s Italian Mini Dress
Iconic MUSEUM Roberto Cavalli Fringe Beaded Dress as seen on TAYLOR SWIFT It. 40
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in Montgomery, TX
Iconic Roberto Cavalli Flapper Fringe Fully Beaded Gold Bronze Dress
S/S 2010 Collection
Italian
Category
2010s Italian Mini Dress
Vintage Christian Dior Museum Cocktail Dress, 1950s
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
weightless tulle.
This dress doesn't have a tag, but the same dress is exhibited in Fashion&Lace Museum in
Category
1950s French Evening Gowns
1st Edition 1968 Harry Gordon Poster Dress Original Packaging Museum
By Harry Gordon
Located in New York, NY
1st Edition 1968 Harry Gordon Poster Dress Original Packaging Museum
The poster dress reflected a
Category
1960s American Mini Dresses
Pauline Trigere 1954 Museum Collection Beaded Dress
By Pauline Trigère
Located in New Hope, PA
rhinestone. The beaded circles are graduated in size, with the largest at the top and bottom of the dress
Category
1950s American Cocktail Dresses
Museum Quality Geoffrey Beene 1960s Wool + Rhinestone Maxi Dress
By Geoffrey Beene
Located in Sparks, NV
Absolutely stunning vintage Geoffrey Beene black wool knit maxi dress completely encrusted in tiny
Category
1960s American Evening Dresses and Gowns
Dramatic Fall 1995 Thierry Mugler Black Velvet Structured Dress Museum
By Thierry Mugler
Located in New York, NY
Dramatic Fall 1995 Thierry Mugler Black Velvet Structured Dress, Museum. Features transparent knit
Category
1990s French Evening Dresses
Hanae Mori Couture Bright Floral Silk Museum Held Dress, 1960s
By Hanae Mori
Located in Boca Raton, FL
feel. A similar dress is currently held as part of the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum
Category
1960s Japanese Evening Dresses and Gowns
Issey Miyake Black Sculptural Dress "Reverse Pleats"Collection Museum 1989
By Issey Miyake
Located in Boca Raton, FL
, and do not crease.
From his 1989 Reverse Pleats Collection, this incredible museum held dress is a
Category
1980s Japanese Evening Dresses and Gowns
Vintage Issey Miyake Ivory Sleeveless Sculptural Dress Museum Held, 1980s
By Issey Miyake
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection, this 1988 Issey Miyake dress is in excellent condition
Category
1980s Japanese Evening Dresses and Gowns
Alaia Museum Quality Black Hooded And Zippered Bodycon Dress, 1986
By Azzedine Alaïa
Located in Studio City, CA
Iconic 1986 Azzedine Alaia black wool stretch hooded dress with zipper design. In excellent
Category
1980s French Evening Dresses and Gowns
2003 Alexander McQueen Museum Piece See throught Black net Dress
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Capri, IT
2003 Alexander McQueen See throught Black net Dress with holes on both sides.
Composition: 60
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Dresses and Gowns
Chloe Violin Dress Documented Limited Edition by Karl Lagerfeld/Chanel Museums
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chloé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surrealism" published in 1987; page 35. This dress is now part of permanent museum collections.
Dress
Category
Early 2000s Evening Dresses
Halston Black Jersey Dress Asymmetric Neckline Museum Piece Evening Gown, 1970s
By Halston
Located in Port Saint Lucie, FL
This long and sexy black silk jersey dress was made by HALSTON in 1975, and the same dress in
Category
1970s American Evening Gowns
Museum Quality 1970s Pauline Trigere Vintage Black Silk Evening Gown/ Dress
By Pauline Trigère
Located in Sparks, NV
Museum quality vintage 1970s full length formal evening gown by Pauline Trigere in a colorful
Category
1970s American Evening Dresses
Museum Quality 1970s Travilla Vintage Metallic Gold + Black Silk Jumpsuit Dress
By Travilla, William Travilla
Located in Sparks, NV
Incredible museum quality vintage 1970s palazzo jumpsuit by William Travilla. Sheer silk midriff
Category
1970s American Evening Gowns
Cristobal Balenciaga numbered documented museum-worthy dress beaded by Rebe 1953
By Balenciaga
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Cristobal Balenciaga 1953 documented collection museum-worthy embroidered by REBE beaded silk
Category
1950s French Evening Dresses and Gowns
Maison Margiela Rare Vintage Beaded Tapestry Runway Dress Gown Museum Collec
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Margiela tapestry gown featured in RSID museum exhibition (see last photo).
Strapless gown with corset
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Evening Gowns
Bob Mackie Vintage 1980
s Museum Fully Embellished Fringe Dress size S
By Bob Mackie
Located in Montgomery, TX
Los Angeles County Museum of Art ( LACMA ).
Spectacular cocktail dress is made of purple silk that is
Category
1980s American Evening Dresses
Vintage 1930s Rudolph Hertzog Berlin C museum worthy silk velvet draped dress
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Rudolph Hertzog Berlin C department store black evening dress.
Before the First World War, Rudolph
Category
1920s German Evening Dresses and Gowns
NWT Museum Oscar De La Renta Ostrich Feather Crystal-Embellished Tulle Dress 8
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Montgomery, TX
New Oscar De La Renta Feather and Crystal-Embellished Tulle Gown.
US size 8 ( please check measurements).
Oscar de la Renta's tulle gown captivated us the instant it came down the ru...
Category
2010s American Evening Gowns
Vtg c.1949 NETTIE ROSENSTEIN Burgundy Red Evening Dress NOS Museum Piece Size S
Located in Thiensville, WI
Rare and important Nettie Rosenstein circa 1949 red faille evening dress. Likely an Eva Rosencrans
Category
1920s American Evening Dresses
Museum New Oscar De La Renta S/S 2011 Collection Silk Gold Leaf Painted Dress
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Montgomery, TX
New Oscar De La Renta Runway Silk Pink Dress Gown
As an added value for this dress whether you are
Category
2010s American Evening Gowns
Oscar de la Renta FW 2014 Runway Museum Red Carpet Black Gold Gown Dress L / XL
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Montgomery, TX
Oscar de la Renta Runway, Museum, Red Carpet Black Gold Ball Gown Dress
F/W 2014 Runway Collection
Category
2010s American Evening Gowns
Alaïa Zipper Dress 1986
By Azzedine Alaïa
Located in London, GB
Alaia beige wool knitted zipper dress from the seminal 1986 collection. This Museum worthy dress
Category
20th Century Day Dresses
$2,399
Gucci Tom Ford Spring 2003 Brown Draped Mini Dress
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Switzerland, CH
last picture in the listing for your reference of the museum piece in Met Museum. The dress for sale is
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mini Dress
Vivienne Tam "Mao" printed Dress, 1995
By Vivienne Tam
Located in New York, NY
Iconic and rare Vivianne Tam 1995 "Mao" printed dress. Seen in museums as V&A, Metropolitan NY
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Day Dresses
Saint Laurent Hostess Gown Museum Piece YSL 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
same dress in a different color resides in the Goldstein Museum of Design. See last photo for the twin
Category
1970s French Evening Dresses and Gowns
Norman Norell Sapphire Mermaid Gown Exhibited 1972 Metropolitan Museum
By Norman Norell
Located in New Hope, PA
that the dress is on loan to the Museum from a private collection. This historically important dress
Category
1960s American Evening Dresses and Gowns
Issey Miyake Pleats Please "Turn of the Millennium" Dress, 2000
By Issey Miyake
Located in New York, NY
Issey Miyake Pleats Please dress year 2000. There is an article in the FIDM Museum blog about this
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Day Dresses
Museum Piece - 1998 Collector
s Dolce
Gabbana Corset Chinese Print Ensemble
By Dolce
Gabbana
Located in Switzerland, CH
BREATHTAKING
DOLCE & GABBANA
CHINESE PRINT CORSET ENSEMBLE DRESS GOWN
COLLECTOR'S PIECE
Category
1990s Italian Evening Dresses
1972 Yves Saint Laurent Numbered Haute Couture Gown, Museum de-accession
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New Hope, PA
the folds. The dress bears the YSL Haute Couture label as well as a museum collection number. It is in
Category
1970s French Evening Gowns
BALENCIAGA Museum Re-edition 1960s Champagne Silk Strapless Draped Gown
By Balenciaga
Located in 上海市, Xuhui district
About Balenciaga Edition:
The "Balenciaga Edition" refers to a special line of garments and accessories that Balenciaga introduced in 2012. This line reinterprets iconic designs fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Evening Dresses and Gowns
ICONIC Paco Rabanne HAUTE COUTURE SS 1985/86 Museum Piece
By Paco Rabanne
Located in Berlin, BE
An Haute Couture Look OUT OF THIS WORLD.
Extremely rare spectacular piece of fashion history, one of a kind treasure.
Paco Rabanne's 1985/1986 Collection KIT epitomized his avant-ga...
Category
1980s French Evening Dresses and Gowns
Dior by John Galliano Asian Kabuki "Elvira" Runway Gown Collectors, Museums
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the wide collar and vertical side panel stresses the dress's artificial and fetishistic qualities. The
Category
Early 2000s Evening Gowns
PATRICK KELLY Black Wool Knit Dress with Striped Color Block Sash, Fall 1989
By Patrick Kelly
Located in Munich, DE
twin of this dress was shown in the exhibition "Patrick Kelly: A Retrospective" at Brooklyn Museum in
Category
1980s French Day Dresses
MUSEUM PIECE Roberto Cavalli FW 2005 Runway Tile Print Corseted Gown
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in São Paulo, SP
THE ICONIC RUNWAY AND MUSEUM PIECE Roberto Cavalli FW 2005 China tile print corseted gown as seen
Category
Early 2000s Italian Evening Gowns
Belleville et Cie Embroidered Strapless Ballgown, ex Museum Collection
Located in New Hope, PA
she partnered with
David Sassoon. The dress has all the elements of couture construction. The boned
Category
1950s British Ball Gowns
Rare Comme des Garcons "Broken Bride" 2005 Collection for Museums Collectors
By Comme des Garçons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
" clothing inspired by the Victorian era. Look #12 on the runway showcases a wedding dress fashioned of silk
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Wedding Dresses
Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière SS 2002 Patchwork Silk Floral Chiffon Dress
By Nicolas Ghesquière, Balenciaga
Located in Toronto, Ontario
dress hails from the designer’s critically acclaimed Spring 2002 collection—a season defined by fluid
Category
Early 2000s European Casual Dresses
ICONIC OSCAR DE LA RENTA GOLD SEQUIN GOWN as seen on NICOLE and in The Museum
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Montgomery, TX
was worn to the 2010 SAG Awards by Nicole Kidman.
Also, it was featured in SCAD Museum!
Extremely
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Evening Gowns
Iconic ISSEY MIYAKE Tulip Dress Black Sculptural Editorial Dramatic
By Issey Miyake
Located in Berlin, BE
Wearble Art
Extremely rare and Museum worthy vintage Issey Miyake dress, assuming 1985 Collection
Category
1980s Japanese Evening Dresses and Gowns
1990s Alexander McQueen Black Crepe and Tulle Evening Dress
By Alexander McQueen
Located in London, GB
Alexander McQueen evening dress from the highly sought after 'No 13' Spring/Summer 1999 collection
Category
1990s Italian Evening Dresses
1988 Stephen Sprouse Rock Sticker Beaded Dress New Condition
By Stephen Sprouse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
European haute couture. This dress is currently part of permanent museum collections.
Dress fashioned
Category
1980s Evening Dresses
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