Blue-Gray Dress with Embroidered Flowers
Brief Item Record
Title: Blue-Gray Dress with Embroidered Flowers
Description: Blue-gray loose fit, drop waist, cap sleeve, knee length dress with floral embroidery.; 1. Blue-gray silk chiffon, cream lace, blue, green, yellow, and coral cotton embroidery thread 2. Loose fit, short cap sleeve, drop waist, knee length dress 3. Modest boat neck; short cap sleeves timed with lace and small row of silk; double layer of silk on front of bodice and all of skirt, under-layer has 2 columns of square grid pattern, top panels open down CF, attached at neckline and waist, bordered in floral embroidery patter from neck to hem;, diamond shaped embroidery at either side of CF at waist; 6 rows of lace alternating with 6 rows of silk ruffles;
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2001011
Title
Blue-Gray Dress with Embroidered Flowers
Description
Blue-gray loose fit, drop waist, cap sleeve, knee length dress with floral embroidery.; 1. Blue-gray silk chiffon, cream lace, blue, green, yellow, and coral cotton embroidery thread 2. Loose fit, short cap sleeve, drop waist, knee length dress 3. Modest boat neck; short cap sleeves timed with lace and small row of silk; double layer of silk on front of bodice and all of skirt, under-layer has 2 columns of square grid pattern, top panels open down CF, attached at neckline and waist, bordered in floral embroidery patter from neck to hem;, diamond shaped embroidery at either side of CF at waist; 6 rows of lace alternating with 6 rows of silk ruffles;
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
38 inches (chest), 32 inches (waist), 37 inches (center front length), 41 inches (center back length),
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Leksi Kolanko, Anne Silk 5/7/10
Color Main
Chest
38
Waist
32
Center Front Length
37
Center Back Length
41
All Measurements
38 inches (chest), 32 inches (waist), 37 inches (center front length), 41 inches (center back length),
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Condition Term
fair
Condition Description
tear under right arm pit, faded lace, staining on silk, faded silk
Storage Location
G0
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Blue-Gray Dress with Embroidered Flowers,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 2, 2023, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/852.