Ivory Silk Mantle with Floral Motif

Brief Item Record

Title: Ivory Silk Mantle with Floral Motif

Description: ivory silk mantle; painted flowers, stiff collar, pink lining; Ivory silk painted with purple and green flower detail around hem; pink silk; ivory silk waist tape; stiff treated off-white plain-weave cotton; unidentified animal fiber padding; ivory crocheted toggle Ivory silk bell-shaped mantle; ivory silk flower placed in upper center back amongst tucks, and two more at front neck, crocheted toggle closure at front neck; pink silk lining; ivory waist tape attached to lining; slit in center back; stiff collar lined with stiff cotton and animal fiber padding. Pink silk pockets in upper lining.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2001185

Title

Ivory Silk Mantle with Floral Motif

Description

ivory silk mantle; painted flowers, stiff collar, pink lining; Ivory silk painted with purple and green flower detail around hem; pink silk; ivory silk waist tape; stiff treated off-white plain-weave cotton; unidentified animal fiber padding; ivory crocheted toggle Ivory silk bell-shaped mantle; ivory silk flower placed in upper center back amongst tucks, and two more at front neck, crocheted toggle closure at front neck; pink silk lining; ivory waist tape attached to lining; slit in center back; stiff collar lined with stiff cotton and animal fiber padding. Pink silk pockets in upper lining.

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

30 inches (center front length),

Medium

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Rights Holder

© Vassar College Costume Collection. Images in this collection may be used for teaching, classroom presentation, and research purposes only. For other reuse, reproduction and publication of these images, contact costumeshop@vassar.edu.

Costume Item Type Metadata

Cataloguer with Date

Sharon Scoble 3/3/2010

Color Main

Technique

Center Front Length

30

All Measurements

30 inches (center front length),

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Function

Condition Term

fair

Condition Description

Blue stain; silk lining shattered at hem; collar

Storage Location

BOX 13

Work Type

Pattern

Citation

“Ivory Silk Mantle with Floral Motif,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed July 6, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1026.