Blue Floral Bodice with Bustle
Brief Item Record
Title: Blue Floral Bodice with Bustle
Description: blue floral china silk bodice w/dk. blue velvet cuff, bustle cover. blue silk brocade with white and black flower; deep cobalt velvet; blue polished cotton lining; cotton tape fitted bustle polonaise blue velvet manderin-style collar, CF panels, hip band from edge of cener front panels to bustle, cuffs; fitted sleeves; front shaped with two darts; 11 buttonholes but no buttons at CF; shaped back with six pieces, the inner four of which continue with inverted pleats into bustled back panel held into poufs with an interior waist tape;
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2001165
Title
Blue Floral Bodice with Bustle
Description
blue floral china silk bodice w/dk. blue velvet cuff, bustle cover. blue silk brocade with white and black flower; deep cobalt velvet; blue polished cotton lining; cotton tape fitted bustle polonaise blue velvet manderin-style collar, CF panels, hip band from edge of cener front panels to bustle, cuffs; fitted sleeves; front shaped with two darts; 11 buttonholes but no buttons at CF; shaped back with six pieces, the inner four of which continue with inverted pleats into bustled back panel held into poufs with an interior waist tape;
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
27 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 17 inches (center front length), other measurements: CB to bustle 17 CB flat bustle length 17 Hips along lower edge of band 40 Collar 11.75 Sleeve length 17.5
Type
Physical Object
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Starr, Tang, Turpin 2/26/2010
Color Main
Chest
27
Waist
24
Center Front Length
17
Measurements Other
CB to bustle 17 CB flat bustle length 17 Hips along lower edge of band 40 Collar 11.75 Sleeve length 17.5
All Measurements
27 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 17 inches (center front length), other measurements: CB to bustle 17 CB flat bustle length 17 Hips along lower edge of band 40 Collar 11.75 Sleeve length 17.5
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Life Stages
Condition Term
fair
Condition Description
See Condition Report
Storage Location
D10
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Blue Floral Bodice with Bustle,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1006.
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