Pink Dress and Bolero

Brief Item Record

Title: Pink Dress and Bolero

Description: Pink bias cut dress with matching bolero with netting trim and silver jewelry clasps.; 1. Pink rayon crepe; pink netting; pink cotton embroidery thread; metal and rhinestone clasp 2. bias cut dress 3. a. Dress: close fitting neckline with clasps at neckline that create a keyhole at center front; back bodice comes over shoulder to create neckline; sleeveless; bodice gathered above and below bust; curved yoke at high waist; bias cut, floor length skirt, gathered net ruffle at hem; triangular inset at bottom left front; backless V; hand crocheted belt loop on both sides of waist; triangular inset at back bottom right b. Bolero: tie front bolero; falls at high waist; gathered net sleeves pinned back over shoulders; front gathered at shoulder seam; triangular ties

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2007012

Title

Pink Dress and Bolero

Description

Pink bias cut dress with matching bolero with netting trim and silver jewelry clasps.; 1. Pink rayon crepe; pink netting; pink cotton embroidery thread; metal and rhinestone clasp 2. bias cut dress 3. a. Dress: close fitting neckline with clasps at neckline that create a keyhole at center front; back bodice comes over shoulder to create neckline; sleeveless; bodice gathered above and below bust; curved yoke at high waist; bias cut, floor length skirt, gathered net ruffle at hem; triangular inset at bottom left front; backless V; hand crocheted belt loop on both sides of waist; triangular inset at back bottom right b. Bolero: tie front bolero; falls at high waist; gathered net sleeves pinned back over shoulders; front gathered at shoulder seam; triangular ties

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

50 inches (chest), 22 inches (waist), 31 inches (hips), 48 inches (center front length), 41 inches (center back length), other measurements: CF neck to waist: 10 CB neck to waist: 16&1/4

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

1930s

Rights

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

Rights Holder

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Costume Item Type Metadata

Cataloguer with Date

Anne Silk, Chloe Boxer, Leksi Kolanko 2/26/10

Color Main

pink

Chest

50

Waist

22

Hips

31

Center Front Length

48

Center Back Length

41

Measurements Other

CF neck to waist: 10 CB neck to waist: 16&1/4

All Measurements

50 inches (chest), 22 inches (waist), 31 inches (hips), 48 inches (center front length), 41 inches (center back length), other measurements: CF neck to waist: 10 CB neck to waist: 16&1/4

Donor

Mary Lee Hartzell

Gender

womenswear

Classification

costume
clothing

Function

evening dress

Condition Term

good

Condition Description

good. Damage in ruffles, coming apart seams at waist with attempted repair

Storage Location

O9

Work Type

dress
bolero

Citation

“Pink Dress and Bolero,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1176.

Related Items:

http://vcomeka.com/vccc/images/2007.012.condition2010.pdf