Photograph of F.A.B.M.
Photograph of F.A.B.M. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #10, from Pamela A. Roberts, VC prep 1866-7)
Maria Mitchell Class
Maria Mitchell poses with the first Astronomy class at Vassar College. vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/faculty/original-faculty/maria-...
Black Silk Cape with Pleated Panels
black silk cape with short sleeves and pleated panels / black satin jacket with appliques and open sleeves
Small Hoop Skirt
small hoop skirt Hoopskirt of 1/8 ifory twill ??? nature hoops held in place by 1 5/8 wide patterned ivory twill
Cream Jacket with Gold Fringe
Creator: John Fitzgerald Ceasar
Cream Jacket to low hip. corset-like boning to shape waist/bust. Wide sleeves, bell style, 3/4 to full length. Gold fringe at hem and wrists. Peach ribbon and two-tiered ruffling at high-hip and elbows with gathering underneath. Hook and eye closures…
Brown Silk Bodice with Double-Pointed Waist
Date: 1863 (circa)
brown silk close-fitting bodice with points at waist; neckline high in back and front, with black lace around edge; cut in 3 pieces, one for back, one for each side of front; two darts either side of CF, going from under bust to the two points…
Brown Plaid Day Dress
Date: 1850-1870
; brown silk with cream brown and black plaid, brown polished cotton, black cotton hem band, metal hook and eyes and snaps, covered buttons full skirt, fitted bodice with higher waist fitted bodice, two waist darts in front, princess seem at back…
Black Taffeta Day Dress
Date: 1850-1870
Silk, cotton, metal, wool; crinoline dress; black silk taffeta bodice, six waist darts at front, princess seams at back; crew neckline; two-piece sleeves with black cotton lace and buttons along center front; metal hook and eye closures at center…
Crinoline Hoop Skirt
Date: 1865 (circa)
Hoop skirt of fabric tapes and wire; hoops of watch spring covered with webbing held together with metal tabs
Black Faille Bodice with Passementerie
Black faille bodice with passementerie: fitted at natural waist, long-sleeved; princess seams in front and back of bodice, with pleating from waist to hem at front; full-length sleeves widen towards wrist, 3.5'wide cuff with passementerie flower…
Teal Taffeta Crinoline Ensemble
Date: 1860 (circa)
Sheer dress trimmed with self ruffles. Elbow length sleeves. Ankle length underskirt with back center panel with large horizontal pleats. Shorter overskirt, open at center back to reveal horizontal pleats on underskirt.; teal taffeta ensemble; green…
Wedding Dress of Margaret A. Heminway
Date: 1854
Dress of cream silk taffeta; lining made of off-white polished cotton; crinoline silhouette; boned bodice, barrel-chested, princess seams in back, three waist darts in front; high neckline, finished with fine piping of about 1/6"; cap sleeves with…
Ruffled Black and Blue Silk Skirt
Date: 1840-1865
black and royal blue silk skirt with 3 ruffles
Gray Silk Evening Bodice with Lace
Date: 1855-1865
Grey silk evening bodice with lace sleeves and yoke'; grey-blue heavy silk, grey -t blue silk satin, metal boning (possibly plastic), cotton batting, lined w/ white polished cotton, lavender silk ribbon, cotton (?); black ribbon at cuffs; blue…
Cream and Brown Printed and Striped Bodice
Date: 1867 (circa)
cream lightweight silk with narrow brown stripe, perpendicular pattern of a light brown wider stripe with brief patches of dark brown (paintbrush effect); dark brown velvet ribbon (probably silk, but unsure); sateen weave cotton (or possibly linen)…