A Glimpse into Vassar's Secret Closet (exhibition)
Date: 2010-05-21 - 2010-06-06
An exhibition of historic costume from the Vassar College Costume Collection, showcasing student work to preserve history and design from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. This was the culmination of the NEH-funded Historic Costume…
Cream and Black Printed Silk Dress with Black Lace
Date: 1900-1904
Two-piece cream silk ensemble with black print and lace: boned, high-neck bodice with flutter sleeves, full skirt with bustle pleats and train.
; Cream silk ensemble with black print and black lace . Band collar covered in lace. Lace inserts…
Teal Dress with Cream Lace
Date: 1890-1900
Teal green dress with cream lace collar and long pleats from neck to hem at back.; teal green cotton; possibly linen lining; cream lace; blue grosgrain ribbon; blue velvet; metal hooks and eyes , possibly s-curve Edwardian silhouette with full…
Khaki Twill Suit with Split Skirt
Creator: Kamp-It
Date: 1910-1920
Gold Twill Riding Suit - Jacket and Culotte skirt; Jacket: gold twill cotton; peaked lapel collar; knee length; paneled seaming down the front with princess seams and seams that run from the shoulder down the full length of the jacket; fit and flare…
Small Bustle of Striped Covered Coils
Date: 1880 (circa)
small bustle cage; cream cotton bias tape, wide plain weave cotton-possibly stiffened or treated, plain weave striped tan cotton with diagonal stripes, oatmeal cotton lace, wire coils, metal fasteners narrow bustle with 3 wire coils, 3 padded loafs;…
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…
Black Silk Bodice with Smocking
Creator: Liberty & Co.
Date: 1893-1897
black silk bodice with smocking; Black silk satin, metal zipper, decorative covered wooden buttons, black synthetic, cream grosgrain ribbon
Silhouette: bodice.
Band collar with three columns of smocking, smocking below collar across shoulders; full…
Pink Patterned Dress
Date: 1903 (circa)
pink patterned top, skirt, and collar; Pink and cream printed treated silk, pink silk front facing, cotton muslin ruffle at hem, cotton lace floral applique, grosgrain synthetic ribbon as waist tape, metal hook-and-eye closures; linen lining of…
Navy Blue Dress with Hobble Skirt
Date: 1910 (circa)
Navy blue satin dress with hobble skirt and embroidered placket. ; Dropped Bustle evening gown silhouette; square neckline with V-neck over layer to waist; square blue gray lapel overlaying blue silk, backs of lapels have one layer at bottom and one…
Small Wire Crescent Bustle Cage
Date: 1880 (circa)
Small bustle cage with 2 pieces of crescent shaped wire mesh held by cotton tape, with a metal buckle closure. Black braided wire and beige cotton tapes; waistband of cotton tabby weave tape with 1 buckle closure; 2 rolls of braided wire suspended…
White Hat with Pink Ribbon and Roses
white hat with pink ribbon and roses
Corset
Date: 1904 (circa)
White cotton underbust corset; Plain cream woven cotton, ivory cotton lace and ivory silk ribbon, metal grommets, metal busk, and metal boning Under-bust hourglass Bust and hip gores; quarter inch bonings in pairs every inch; bones on either side…
Black Silk Dress with Train
Creator: Juliette Tallet
Date: 1904 (circa)
Dress of black silk trimmed with lace, black, and ivory embroidery and lace high collar inset at neckline. Long sleeves with embroidered cuffs. Full length skirt with train.
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)…
Black and Gold Beaded Dress
Date: 1915 (circa)
Beaded black netted dress over gold metallic organza lined with China silk.
1. Black cotton netting; gold silk netting; gold metallic organza lined with china silk; bronze metallic organza lined with china silk; black silk velvet; white blown…