Gray Gym Suit of Elizabeth Moffatt
Date: 1926-1930
Grey wool tight twill weave; light yellow cotton thread; light yellow cotton bias tape finishing arms eye; black metal hook and bar; hand-cut, hand-embroidered, shield-shaped patch applied to yoke; light yellow background with peach VC AA logo; on…
Navy Blue Wool Gym Suit of M. Constance Wilson
Date: 1905-1910
Navy blue wool gymsuit; courtesy of Special Collections, Vassar College Library. Bodice: Navy blue wool (serge?); waistband of black cotton sateen; four rows of black wool braid on collar; three rows of black wool braid on cuffs; neckline and…
Navy Blue Wool Gymsuit of F. Stager
Date: 1905-1910
Navy blue wool gymsuit; courtesy of Special Collections, Vassar College Library. Bodice: Navy blue wool (serge?); waistband of black cotton sateen; four rows of black wool braid on collar; three rows of black wool braid on cuffs; neckline and…
Gold Silk Jacquard Dress with Floral Motif
Date: 1830-1850
Gold Silk Jacquard Dress with Floral Motif and Leg-of-Mutton Sleeves; 1. Gold Silk jacquard with floral motif; Lining at Hem, Bodice, Sleeves; Boning at bodice front. 2. Full length; Empire waist; Leg-o-Mutton sleeves; Boned bodice; Low…
Cream Cotton Bed Jacket
Cream cotton bell shaped bed jacket with bell sleeves, reef whitework and eyelet embroidery.; 1. Cream cotton, one cream bone botton 2. Bell-shaped with wide sleeves 3. Scalloped v-neckline, trapezoidal panel with reef eyelet embroidery and…
Black Lace and Net Bolero
Date: 1930-1939
Black lace and net puffed short sleeve, open front bolero; 1. Black rayon lace, black cotton net 2. Puffed short sleeve, waist length bolero 3. Deep v-neckline at front curved at bottom, open at center front, trimmed in double layer of net; short…
Black Bodice with Cream Lace Collar
Black silk crepe bodice with high cream lace collar and gathered sleeves trimmed with black and cream lace.; 1. Black silk crepe, cream cotton lace, fine cream cotton net, large cream cotton net, black cotton lace, metal hook and bars and eyes,…
Black Bodice with Tan Lace
Date: 1900-1909
; I. Black silk crepe, black silk lining, black cotton net, black silk embroidery, tan cotton lace, tan cotton netting, metal hooks, bars, and eyes, boning, silk tassels remnants of dark brown gauze II. Natural waisted, high-collared, drop-armscyed…
Cream Lace Slip
Embroidered and crocheted-lace slip; I. Cream cotton plain weave, cotton crocheted lace, eyelet ribbon; crocheted cotton over metal (?) buttons II. Full skirted slip III. Shallow scoop-neck trimmed with crocheted lace, four vertical lines of…
Underwear Blouse
Cream cotton underwear blouse with eyelet, pintuck, and shell-button detailing; I. Cream cotton, shell buttons, cotton lace II. Full underwear blouse III. Crewneck trimmed with lace; straight sleeve with cuff trimmed in pintucks and lace; buttons…
Black Velvet Bodice
Fitted Black silk velvet bodice with tabbed and altered collar; green/brown cotton underlining , full-length 2-piece sleeve with gathers at shoulders, cream lace at cuffs (possible later addition), boning in cotton casing inside light blue silk…
Black Embossed Velvet Bodice with Beading
; Black embossed velvet Bodice with collar and beaded sleeves Rounded sleeve cuffs with large beaded detail divided by ropey trim. Beaded detail echoes velvet embossing. High neckline (high collar, folded over). Thirteen beaded buttons down center…
Black Beaded Cape
; Black cape made of textured cotton with a floral pattern. Glass and jet beading all-over the cape. Quilted black satin silk lining. Band collar. Fitted torso with two points at center front and a box pleat at center back. Sleeves are the wings of…