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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…

Cream cotton underwear blouse with eyelet, pintuck, and shell-button detailing; I. Cream cotton, shell buttons, cotton laceII. Full underwear blouseIII. Crewneck trimmed with lace; straight sleeve with cuff trimmed in pintucks and lace; buttons…

Embroidered and crocheted-lace slip; I. Cream cotton plain weave, cotton crocheted lace, eyelet ribbon; crocheted cotton over metal (?) buttonsII. Full skirted slipIII. Shallow scoop-neck trimmed with crocheted lace, four vertical lines of…

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 gauzeII. Natural waisted, high-collared, drop-armscyed…

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,…

Date: 1930-1939

Black lace and net puffed short sleeve, open front bolero; 1. Black rayon lace, black cotton net2. Puffed short sleeve, waist length bolero3. Deep v-neckline at front curved at bottom, open at center front, trimmed in double layer of net; short…

Cream cotton bell shaped bed jacket with bell sleeves, reef whitework and eyelet embroidery.; 1. Cream cotton, one cream bone botton2. Bell-shaped with wide sleeves3. Scalloped v-neckline, trapezoidal panel with reef eyelet embroidery and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Dorothy Reid Kittell winning a race (on the right). Courtesy Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951

Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951 wearing her mother’s gymsuit to her own 40th reunion, in 1991. Courtesy Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951. From left to right: Judith Guild Stewart, Barbara Miller Piane, Dorothy Kittell Hesselman, and Barbara…