Wedding Dress of Leontine Hartzell
Brief Item Record
Title: Wedding Dress of Leontine Hartzell
Date: 1981
Description: Dress (a) of white cotton gauze with fine tucks throughout, creating self-stripe effect; bodice fitted with bust and waist darts; floor-length; inset of lace at natural waistline; 3/4 length sleeves with lace ruffle; v-neck; tiered skirt, alternating horizontal lace insets and cotton. Sash (b) is a long narrow strip of the same white cotton gauze.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2007021
Title
Wedding Dress of Leontine Hartzell
Description
Dress (a) of white cotton gauze with fine tucks throughout, creating self-stripe effect; bodice fitted with bust and waist darts; floor-length; inset of lace at natural waistline; 3/4 length sleeves with lace ruffle; v-neck; tiered skirt, alternating horizontal lace insets and cotton. Sash (b) is a long narrow strip of the same white cotton gauze.
Date
1981
Subject
Clothing and dress
Relation
VC2007020
VC2007022
VC2007023
For Better and For Worse
Extent
30 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 46 inches (center front length), 53 inches (center back length), other measurements: sleeve length: 19
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Referenced By
For Better and For Worse
Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Color Main
Dress Type
Closure
Closure Placement
Neckline
Sleeve Length
Waistline
Skirt Type
Length
Costume Components
Chest
30
Waist
24
Center Front Length
46
Center Back Length
53
Measurements Other
sleeve length: 19
All Measurements
30 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 46 inches (center front length), 53 inches (center back length), other measurements: sleeve length: 19
Worn by
Donor
Mary Lee Hartzell
Date Earliest
1981
Date Latest
1981
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
For Better and For Worse, Spring 2013
Public Information
This wedding dress was donated by Mary Lee Hartzell, class of 1953. Mary Lee's daughter, Leontine Hartzell, class of 1979, wore the dress in her 1981 wedding. It was donated along with Mary Lee's own wedding dress, her mother's wedding dress, and her sister's wedding dress.
Condition Term
excellent
Treatment
Arms of batting covered in nylon were added to the mannequin to support the sleeves. A slip was dressed on the mannequin to provide a background layer under the sheer lace insets of the dress.
Mannequin
Theodore
Storage Location
N6
Holding Institution
Pattern
Citation
“Wedding Dress of Leontine Hartzell,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 2, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1185.
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