&#34;Butterfly&#34; ball gown, 1955  Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)  Silk: smoke gray chiffon; pale gray satin; aubergine, lavender, and oyster; synthetic: white nylon  Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. John de Menil, 1957 (2009.300.816)