Teal Dress with Cream Lace

Brief Item Record

Title: Teal Dress with Cream Lace

Date: 1890-1900

Description: 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 skirt; teal green cotton with twill weave; cream lace neck piece in the front that is a collar in the back; full length mutton sleeves; blue ribbon makes a square neckline that continues the square on the back of the dress; ribbon at the waist making a rectangle; ribbon also lines the bottom of the sleeves and has three strips that go around the bottom of the dress; there is room for a bustle in the back; cotton plain weave lining.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2004031

Title

Teal Dress with Cream Lace

Description

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 skirt; teal green cotton with twill weave; cream lace neck piece in the front that is a collar in the back; full length mutton sleeves; blue ribbon makes a square neckline that continues the square on the back of the dress; ribbon at the waist making a rectangle; ribbon also lines the bottom of the sleeves and has three strips that go around the bottom of the dress; there is room for a bustle in the back; cotton plain weave lining.

Date

1890-1900

Subject

Clothing and dress

Medium

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

Rights

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Rights Holder

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Costume Item Type Metadata

Cataloguer with Date

Arden Kirkland 5/7/2004

Scoble, Saiz 2/3/2010

Color Main

Donor

Nancy Brandon Allen

Date Earliest

1890

Date Latest

1900

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Function

Condition Term

good

Condition Description

Stains and minor repairs throughout; major repairs under arms; fairly damaged lining; lace at neck is damaged and repaired; in general, exterior is in very good shape.

Storage Location

L10

Exhibition Notes

While this dress was catalogued by students, and a condition report was made for it, it was not extensively researched. However, several details of the dress show the influence of Aesthetic or Artistic Dress and the Dress Reform movement, so it fits well into the story told by the research of Julia Fields, Anne Silk, and Emily Leimkuhler for other nearby objects. Perhaps another student will research it more thoroughly for a future project.

Work Type

Citation

“Teal Dress with Cream Lace,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed July 27, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1146.

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