Wedding Dress of Anna Langdell
Brief Item Record
Title: Wedding Dress of Anna Langdell
Creator: Melissa Sweet
Date: 2012
Description: Dress of white silk and silk net; fit and flare silhouette; fitted silk bodice is strapless with a sweetheart neckline, silk net pleating detail, dropped waistline, zipper closure at center back with button detail; bustier lining; flared silk floor length skirt with layers of silk net in swags on top.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
AL2013001
Title
Wedding Dress of Anna Langdell
Description
Dress of white silk and silk net; fit and flare silhouette; fitted silk bodice is strapless with a sweetheart neckline, silk net pleating detail, dropped waistline, zipper closure at center back with button detail; bustier lining; flared silk floor length skirt with layers of silk net in swags on top.
Creator
Date
2012
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 42 inches (hips), 56 inches (center front length), 62.5 inches (center back length),
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Referenced By
For Better and For Worse
Rights Holder
© Vassar College Costume Collection. Images in this collection may be used for teaching, classroom presentation, and research purposes only. For other reuse, reproduction and publication of these images, contact costumeshop@vassar.edu.
Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Alexandra Figler and Ruby Pierce, 4/22/13
Color Main
Dress Type
Closure
Closure Placement
Neckline
Sleeve Type
Waistline
Skirt Type
Length
Costume Components
Chest
32
Waist
26
Hips
42
Center Front Length
56
Center Back Length
62.5
All Measurements
32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 42 inches (hips), 56 inches (center front length), 62.5 inches (center back length),
Label
"Melissa Sweet" on large label in back of bodice; small size label (can't read in photographs); "SHELL: 100% SILK / LINING: / 100& POLYESTER / MADE IN CHINA / BN 18258" on smaller label under manufacturer label; "PROFESSIONALLY / DRY CLEAN ONLY / WITH PETROLEUM / SOLVENT" on reverse of smaller label.
Date Earliest
2012
Date Latest
2012
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
For Better and For Worse, Spring 2013
Public Information
Especially for this exhibition, Anna Kichorowsky Langdell, VC class of 2006, has loaned us her 2012 wedding gown, to include the fourth generation. She is the daughter of Leontine Hartzell, granddaughter of Mary Lee Hartzell, great-niece of Ellen Baumann, and great-granddaughter of Leontine McPhillips.
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
Small tear in tulle along front right hem. Staining and dirt along hem. Small fraying in out layer of tulle.
Mannequin
Amy
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
Melissa Sweet, “Wedding Dress of Anna Langdell,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed October 22, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/4052.
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