Purple Velvet Jacket
Brief Item Record
Title: Purple Velvet Jacket
Date: 1930-1939
Description: purple velvet jacket with peach satin lining; I. purple velvet; peach satin lining; metal hook and eyes II. Silhouette: Fitted III. hip length; full length sleeves, leg of mutton style; high neckline, ruffled collar; two vents in the back; centered front closure but altered to be asymmetrical.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2004010
Title
Purple Velvet Jacket
Description
purple velvet jacket with peach satin lining; I. purple velvet; peach satin lining; metal hook and eyes II. Silhouette: Fitted III. hip length; full length sleeves, leg of mutton style; high neckline, ruffled collar; two vents in the back; centered front closure but altered to be asymmetrical.
Date
1930-1939
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 Anne Silk and Emily Leimkuhler 2/15/10
Color Main
Donor
Nancy Brandon Allen
Date Earliest
1930
Date Latest
1939
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Condition Term
excellent
Condition Description
Hook and eyes moved, color faded a little, velvet worn a little on one sleeve
Storage Location
M11
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Purple Velvet Jacket,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1125.