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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
Ivory and Ruby Red Evening Gown
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Ivory and Ruby Red Evening Gown

Artifact IDMO 63.2027
Object Type Gown, Evening
Date 1961
Date Worn3/20/1961
Date Worn11/9/1961
Maker (American, est. 1927)
Place WornWashington, D.C., United States
Place WornNew Delhi, India
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Medium silk satin; silk organdy; jet beads
DimensionsOverall L 57 in (144.8 cm)
Physical DescriptionAn evening dress in ivory duchesse silk satin and ruby-beaded silk organdy bodice. The dress's short sleeved bodice is beaded with rosettes. Chez Ninon modeled this dress after the fall-winter 1961 model number 124 by Antonio Castillo the Spanish designer for Lanvin (French, established 1889).
Historical NoteFirst Lady Jacqueline Kennedy wore this dress to a dinner hosted by the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru at the Indian Embassy in Washington D.C. on November 9, 1961. The dress was also worn to a dinner hosted by American Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith at the US Embassy in New Delhi, India on March 20, 1962 and to a fund raiser celebrating the second anniversary of the Kenedy inauguration at the National Guard Armory in Washington D.C. on January 18, 1963.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteItem is from the personal collection of President and Mrs. Kennedy. It was donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum by the Estate of President John F. Kennedy in 1965.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
Place WornWashington, D.C., United States
Place WornNew Delhi, India
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesFirst Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676959)
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