Black Tunic with Silver Beads

Brief Item Record

Title: Black Tunic with Silver Beads

Date: 1920-1929

Description: Dress with black mesh overlay with elaborate silver scroll embroidery, sequins; long black fringe at hem has a few strands of silver beads mixed in at wide intervals; black silk lining attached with no separate straps ; short sleeves, slightly dropped waist, mid-calf length.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC1992042

Title

Black Tunic with Silver Beads

Description

Dress with black mesh overlay with elaborate silver scroll embroidery, sequins; long black fringe at hem has a few strands of silver beads mixed in at wide intervals; black silk lining attached with no separate straps ; short sleeves, slightly dropped waist, mid-calf length.

Date

1920-1929

Subject

Clothing and dress

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

Rights

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

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

Date Earliest

1920

Date Latest

1929

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Function

Condition Term

good

Condition Description

Fringe a little knotty



12/19/11: one shoulder seam almost entirely unstitched, one small section of vertical skirt seam unstitched, some suspended marks on lining near hem

Storage Location

M2

Work Type

Citation

“Black Tunic with Silver Beads,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed July 27, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/714.