Black Skirt with Net Overlay

VC2001159

Black Skirt with Net Overlay

Black floor-length lace skirt with black silk ribbon details at hip, knee, and hems; prairie skirt shape with natural waist and flounced bottom; gathering twelve inches from the hem; hook-and-eye closures at the center back waist; inner layer addition of cotton netting with bright green ribbon art the waist; body of the outer layer is comprised of netting with small embroidered dots; beneath is a layer of ultra-thin cotton gauze.

1900-1909

Clothing and dress

22 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 41.5 inches (center front length), 47 inches (center back length), 185 inches (hem circumference),

Physical Object

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32

41.5

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185

22 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 41.5 inches (center front length), 47 inches (center back length), 185 inches (hem circumference),

1900

1909

costume

clothing

fair

Large tears and holes just below waist; smaller holes in the body of the skirt, mostly on lower half; lace detailing is fraying; silk ribbon at the hem is torn and fraying; an inner-skirt has been added, with a bright green ribbon on inside of waist; hook-and-eye closures have been partially replaced, or are rusted; most closures on the verge of detaching; huge holes and tears at the center back of the hem outer layer; small brown bugs in the netting. Put through the freezer protocol in spring of 2014, removed from the freezer on 2014-02-17, inspected, bugs removed, and placed in new box: should only be placed with other items that have been treated for pests or mold.

Freezer

L2