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),

Medium

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Is Referenced By

Fashion and Fashion Plates

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

Color Main

Color Secondary

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

Mannequin

Esther

Storage Location

O7

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.