Wedding Dress of Peggy Cheng
Brief Item Record
Title: Wedding Dress of Peggy Cheng
Date: 2006
Description: Dress of red silk dupioni; gold embroidery in rose motifs repeated throughout; sheath silhouette; floor length; princess seams; sleeveless; halter neck; trumpet skirt; metal zipper at center back; gold frog closure at center front neck.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
PC2013001
Title
Wedding Dress of Peggy Cheng
Description
Dress of red silk dupioni; gold embroidery in rose motifs repeated throughout; sheath silhouette; floor length; princess seams; sleeveless; halter neck; trumpet skirt; metal zipper at center back; gold frog closure at center front neck.
Date
2006
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
28 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 30 inches (hips),
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Is Referenced By
For Better and For Worse
Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Color Main
Color Secondary
Closure Placement
Neckline
Sleeve Type
Waistline
Skirt Type
Length
Chest
28
Waist
26
Hips
30
All Measurements
28 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 30 inches (hips),
Worn by
Date Earliest
2006
Date Latest
2006
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
For Better and For Worse, Spring 2013
Public Information
Peggy Cheng (VC class of 1993) wore this dress for her wedding to Chris Morrow (also VC class of 1993) on July 1, 2006, in Philadelphia at Bartram's Garden.
“In keeping with Chinese tradition, my dress was a red silk dress. It had gold embroidery, and was sent to me by my mother from Taiwan. She selected the fabric and had it made, with some measurements she took from me over the phone. Once I received it I got it altered a bit, but otherwise it's exactly the dress she sent. I think she sent one sketch of what she thought it would look like (the neck, length, shape, etc.). Chris just wore a nice summer suit!†- Peggy Cheng, VC class of 1993
“In keeping with Chinese tradition, my dress was a red silk dress. It had gold embroidery, and was sent to me by my mother from Taiwan. She selected the fabric and had it made, with some measurements she took from me over the phone. Once I received it I got it altered a bit, but otherwise it's exactly the dress she sent. I think she sent one sketch of what she thought it would look like (the neck, length, shape, etc.). Chris just wore a nice summer suit!†- Peggy Cheng, VC class of 1993
Condition Term
excellent
Mannequin
Peggy
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Wedding Dress of Peggy Cheng,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 3, 2023, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/4053.
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