Light Green Silk Gown with Lace
Brief Item Record
Title: Light Green Silk Gown with Lace
Date: 1910-1914
Description: Mint green silk, pink and green rosette trim, cream lace, metal; high-waist mint green silk dress; deep v gathered sleeveless mint green silk bodice with mint green silk rosette detail at shoulders; waistband with pink and green rosette trim, gathering at center back with rosette trim; cream lace bodice detail with boat neck; short sleeves with gathered cuff, sleeves made of lace (possible cotton lace); floor-length mint green silk skirt with split hem at front and back; gathered panel of mint green silk extends from rosette trim at waistband to above-knee; metal snaps and hooks and eyes at center back.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992034
Title
Light Green Silk Gown with Lace
Description
Mint green silk, pink and green rosette trim, cream lace, metal; high-waist mint green silk dress; deep v gathered sleeveless mint green silk bodice with mint green silk rosette detail at shoulders; waistband with pink and green rosette trim, gathering at center back with rosette trim; cream lace bodice detail with boat neck; short sleeves with gathered cuff, sleeves made of lace (possible cotton lace); floor-length mint green silk skirt with split hem at front and back; gathered panel of mint green silk extends from rosette trim at waistband to above-knee; metal snaps and hooks and eyes at center back.
Date
1910-1914
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
30 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 46.5 inches (center front length), 48 inches (center back length),
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Referenced By
Fashion and Fashion Plates
Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Color Main
Closure
Closure Placement
Neckline
Sleeve Length
Waistline
Skirt Type
Length
Chest
30
Waist
24
Hips
32
Center Front Length
46.5
Center Back Length
48
All Measurements
30 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 46.5 inches (center front length), 48 inches (center back length),
Label
"99-22" written on inner waistband.
Date Earliest
1910
Date Latest
1914
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
French Fashion Show at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, displayed in the back gallery, November 2012. Fashion and Fashion Plates Show in the Faculty Commons, June 2014.
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
1) Net at neckline ripped
2) Torn net at both shoulders
2) Torn net at both shoulders
Mannequin
Esther
Storage Location
O7
Holding Institution
Donation Date
1992
Work Type
Citation
“Light Green Silk Gown with Lace,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 12, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/706.