Copper Tweed Wool Suit
Brief Item Record
Title: Copper Tweed Wool Suit
Creator: Shoppe Yvonne
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Copper and black tweed wool suit; I. copper and black wool tweed; black synthetic lining; black plastic buttons II. Silhouette: Fit and flare 3-piece suite III. A: Jacket: fitted; hip length; full length sleeve; six large black buttons; polo collar; two decorative angled breast pockets, v-notch at cuff of sleeve. B: Vest: fitted; four large black buttons; high v-neck collar. C. Skirt: A-Line; calf length; waistband has two decorative buttons on right side; side zipper. D: Hat: flat hat with brim; half bow on right side. E. Hat-pin: hat pin with small tweed rosette; label inside.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2004009
Title
Copper Tweed Wool Suit
Description
Copper and black tweed wool suit; I. copper and black wool tweed; black synthetic lining; black plastic buttons II. Silhouette: Fit and flare 3-piece suite III. A: Jacket: fitted; hip length; full length sleeve; six large black buttons; polo collar; two decorative angled breast pockets, v-notch at cuff of sleeve. B: Vest: fitted; four large black buttons; high v-neck collar. C. Skirt: A-Line; calf length; waistband has two decorative buttons on right side; side zipper. D: Hat: flat hat with brim; half bow on right side. E. Hat-pin: hat pin with small tweed rosette; label inside.
Creator
Date
1940-1949
Subject
Clothing and dress
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 Anne Silk and Emily Leimkuhler 2/15/10
Color Main
Label
Shoppe Yvonne-230 Park Ave.--Baltimore, MD.'(in hat)
Donor
Nancy Brandon Allen
Date Earliest
1940
Date Latest
1949
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Public Information
we feel this piece is a highlight because this is one of the only full day ensembles we have, complete with a vest, hat and hat pin.
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
One button missing on jacket small holes on back of jacket masking tape was holding up skirt hem--removed by Arden 5/7/04 small hole at bottom of skirt, near hem
Storage Location
HANGING
Holding Institution
Citation
Shoppe Yvonne, “Copper Tweed Wool Suit,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed July 6, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1124.