Cream Wedding Dress of Leontine Kennedy McPhillips
Brief Item Record
Title: Cream Wedding Dress of Leontine Kennedy McPhillips
Date: 1929
Description: Dress of cream silk crepe-back satin; drop-waist silhouette; bodice blouses slightly; long sleeves are angled to extend longer on the lower outer edge and have snap closures on the lower inner edge; bateau neckline; four short decorative seams that extend up from the center front seam at the dropped waist; hip level yoke forms a v-shape at the center back; skirt is flared, just below knee length in the front, longer in the back; extra panel of fabric on the right side of the skirt, with two layers, gathered into the lower dropped waist seam.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2007023
Title
Cream Wedding Dress of Leontine Kennedy McPhillips
Description
Dress of cream silk crepe-back satin; drop-waist silhouette; bodice blouses slightly; long sleeves are angled to extend longer on the lower outer edge and have snap closures on the lower inner edge; bateau neckline; four short decorative seams that extend up from the center front seam at the dropped waist; hip level yoke forms a v-shape at the center back; skirt is flared, just below knee length in the front, longer in the back; extra panel of fabric on the right side of the skirt, with two layers, gathered into the lower dropped waist seam.
Date
1929
Subject
Clothing and dress
Relation
VC2007020
VC2007021
VC2007022
For Better and For Worse
Extent
32 inches (chest), 27 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 36 inches (center front length), 47 inches (center back length), other measurements: sleeve length: 22
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Referenced By
For Better and For Worse
Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Color Main
Technique
Dress Type
Neckline
Sleeve Length
Waistline
Skirt Type
Length
Chest
32
Waist
27
Hips
32
Center Front Length
36
Center Back Length
47
Measurements Other
sleeve length: 22
All Measurements
32 inches (chest), 27 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 36 inches (center front length), 47 inches (center back length), other measurements: sleeve length: 22
Donor
Mary Lee Hartzell
Date Earliest
1929
Date Latest
1929
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
For Better and For Worse, Spring 2013
Public Information
This cream wedding dress was donated by Mary Lee Hartzell, class of 1953. Mary Lee's mother, Leontine Kennedy McPhillips, class of 1926, wore the dress in her 1929 marriage. The dress was donated along with Mary Lee's own wedding dress, her sister's wedding dress, and her daughter's wedding dress.
Condition Term
excellent
Condition Description
no damage
Treatment
A simple mannequin was rebuilt to size, formed from a wooden 2 x 4 center support, form padded with batting, and a muslin cover. Arms of batting were inserted to fill out the sleeves.
Mannequin
Leontine
Storage Location
P1
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Cream Wedding Dress of Leontine Kennedy McPhillips,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 15, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1187.
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