Black, Beaded Fichu with Lace and Beaded Shoulder Covers
Brief Item Record
Title: Black, Beaded Fichu with Lace and Beaded Shoulder Covers
Description: Black beaded fichu made of faille, silk, cotton lace, and beading. In good condition with some tears, holes, fraying, stains, mending, and pest damage. ; Black beaded fichu with lace and beaded shoulder covers
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2014008
Title
Black, Beaded Fichu with Lace and Beaded Shoulder Covers
Description
Black beaded fichu made of faille, silk, cotton lace, and beading. In good condition with some tears, holes, fraying, stains, mending, and pest damage. ; Black beaded fichu with lace and beaded shoulder covers
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
19.25 inches (center front length), 19.25 inches (center back length), other measurements: Shoulder-shoulder: 13"
Type
Physical Object
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Zofia Siwicka, Sunny Gaughen, Daisy Walker, 10/10/14
Color Main
Collar
Center Front Length
19.25
Center Back Length
19.25
Measurements Other
Shoulder-shoulder: 13"
All Measurements
19.25 inches (center front length), 19.25 inches (center back length), other measurements: Shoulder-shoulder: 13"
Donor
Carol Bailey
References
English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century by C. Willett Cunnington, pg. 181, 190, 267; Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar 1867-1898, by Stella Barm, pg. 18
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Condition Term
good
Condition Description
Tear in upper-central back-lining, small holes throughout lining, larger holes in collar, holes in lace trim as well, some beading is coming undone, ties in back look as if they have been mended, lining is wrinkled, small brown satin on right bottom front of garment
Storage Location
B5
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Black, Beaded Fichu with Lace and Beaded Shoulder Covers,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed October 22, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/4488.