Gold Lace Cocktail Dress
Brief Item Record
Title: Gold Lace Cocktail Dress
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Gold lace knee length dress; cotton ivory and gold metallic lace with floral motif; Ivory synthetic lining; metal left side zipper; brass hook and eye on left side; sheath dress; modified shawl collar, sleeveless, nipped in at natural waist, seams at center front bodice, with two hand crocheted belt looms at side seams, two inverted pelts on top of the skirt, straight skirt below the knee with back slit, synthetic cream lining with probably synthetic tape at inside waist hem, has hanger straps inside but broken.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2004007
Title
Gold Lace Cocktail Dress
Description
Gold lace knee length dress; cotton ivory and gold metallic lace with floral motif; Ivory synthetic lining; metal left side zipper; brass hook and eye on left side; sheath dress; modified shawl collar, sleeveless, nipped in at natural waist, seams at center front bodice, with two hand crocheted belt looms at side seams, two inverted pelts on top of the skirt, straight skirt below the knee with back slit, synthetic cream lining with probably synthetic tape at inside waist hem, has hanger straps inside but broken.
Date
1960-1969
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
34 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 34.5 inches (hips), 33.5 inches (center front length), 38.75 inches (center back length), other measurements: CF waist to hem = 25; CB waist to hem = 25.25; Waist 26; Hips: 34; Chest; 32; CF: 33.5; CB; 38.5
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Arden Kirkland 5/5/2004 2010
Color Main
Chest
34
Waist
24
Hips
34.5
Center Front Length
33.5
Center Back Length
38.75
Measurements Other
CF waist to hem = 25; CB waist to hem = 25.25; Waist 26; Hips: 34; Chest; 32; CF: 33.5; CB; 38.5
All Measurements
34 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 34.5 inches (hips), 33.5 inches (center front length), 38.75 inches (center back length), other measurements: CF waist to hem = 25; CB waist to hem = 25.25; Waist 26; Hips: 34; Chest; 32; CF: 33.5; CB; 38.5
Donor
Nancy Brandon Allen
Date Earliest
1960
Date Latest
1969
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
Need minor repair at CF neckline seam undone for about a inch, also seam undone at slit in the back Not recommended for hanging; does not need it's own box, not recommended for fiber analysis, recommended for highlight because it is represents 60s style well; stain near back bottom; some discoloration near front left side seam; hook above zipper busted
Storage Location
O11
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Gold Lace Cocktail Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1122.