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Well of love (Puits d’Amour)
1948 {Winged (Ailée) line, autumn-winter 1948–49}

Medium
silk, acetate, viscose, metal (fastenings)
Measurements
(a) 28.5 cm (centre back) 27.0 cm (waist, flat) (bodice)
(b) 116.0 cm (centre back) 30.0 cm (waist flat) (overskirt)
(c) 82.0 cm (centre back) 28.0 cm (waist, flat) (underskirt)
Inscription
(a) label centre back, woven in black on white silk: Christian Dior / PARIS
(b) label, right side back, printed in ink on white cotton tape: 9205
(c) label, centre back, printed in ink on white cotton tape: 9205
Accession Number
2017.605.a-c
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
© Christian Dior Couture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display