Blue and White Checked Dress
Brief Item Record
Title: Blue and White Checked Dress
Description: blue and white checked dress, matching solid slip (lingerie top and skirt bottom), matching checked blouse with blue ribbon at neck, matching checked jacket with self scarf at neck; blue and white checked dress, matching solid slip (lingerie top and skirt bottom), matching checked blouse with blue ribbon at neck, matching checked jacket with self scarf at neck; slip: pleated bust, lace detail at bust and neckline, adjustable straps, seafoam top with blue skirt
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2007018
Title
Blue and White Checked Dress
Description
blue and white checked dress, matching solid slip (lingerie top and skirt bottom), matching checked blouse with blue ribbon at neck, matching checked jacket with self scarf at neck; blue and white checked dress, matching solid slip (lingerie top and skirt bottom), matching checked blouse with blue ribbon at neck, matching checked jacket with self scarf at neck; slip: pleated bust, lace detail at bust and neckline, adjustable straps, seafoam top with blue skirt
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
33 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 34 inches (hips), 29 inches (center front length), 33 inches (center back length), other measurements: A dress: bust: 38 waist: 32 center front (neck to waist:18.5, waist to hem: 23): 41.5 center back (neck to waist: 15, waist to hem: 21): 36 B slip: bust: 33 continued.... waist: 26 hip: 34 center front: 29 center back: 33 C blouse: bust: 38 waist: 38 center front: 20 center back: 23.5 sleeve length: 6 D jacket: bust: 35 waist: 35 center front: 30.5 center back: 32.5 sleeve length: 19.25
Medium
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Margaret Dwyer 11/5/2007
Color Main
Color Secondary
Chest
33
Waist
26
Hips
34
Center Front Length
29
Center Back Length
33
Measurements Other
A dress: bust: 38 waist: 32 center front (neck to waist:18.5, waist to hem: 23): 41.5 center back (neck to waist: 15, waist to hem: 21): 36 B slip: bust: 33 continued.... waist: 26 hip: 34 center front: 29 center back: 33 C blouse: bust: 38 waist: 38 center front: 20 center back: 23.5 sleeve length: 6 D jacket: bust: 35 waist: 35 center front: 30.5 center back: 32.5 sleeve length: 19.25
All Measurements
33 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 34 inches (hips), 29 inches (center front length), 33 inches (center back length), other measurements: A dress: bust: 38 waist: 32 center front (neck to waist:18.5, waist to hem: 23): 41.5 center back (neck to waist: 15, waist to hem: 21): 36 B slip: bust: 33 continued.... waist: 26 hip: 34 center front: 29 center back: 33 C blouse: bust: 38 waist: 38 center front: 20 center back: 23.5 sleeve length: 6 D jacket: bust: 35 waist: 35 center front: 30.5 center back: 32.5 sleeve length: 19.25
Donor
Mary Lee Hartzell
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Condition Term
fair
Condition Description
A dress: very good, discoloration , tears at hem
B slip: very good, a few stains
C blouse: very good, discoloration and a few rips
D jacket: fair, rips along color and sleeves and armscye, discoloration, shoulder seam rips, rips where sewn into lining
B slip: very good, a few stains
C blouse: very good, discoloration and a few rips
D jacket: fair, rips along color and sleeves and armscye, discoloration, shoulder seam rips, rips where sewn into lining
Mannequin
Esther
Storage Location
G0
Holding Institution
Citation
“Blue and White Checked Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1182.
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