Heavy Black Silk Bodice with Geometric Detail
Brief Item Record
Title: Heavy Black Silk Bodice with Geometric Detail
Description: heavy black silk bodice; black braided trim, trim with floral brocade of pink and green at neckline, center front, and cuffs, black wool, white silk lining.; heavy black silk bodice Heavy black wool bodice Arts and Crafts style embellishment in possibly raffia. Buttons are wound, swaths of raffia are woven. Decorative darts in sleeves. Leg o mutton sleeves. V-neck. Geometric, jagged patterning on front of coat and at cuffs. Center front hook and eye closures. Wasp waist. Gold jacquard with pink flowers which match pink velvet. Sleeve cuffs with raffia trim and triangular jacquard/pink velvet adornment. Additional raffia rounded detailing in back. Double layered.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2007029
Title
Heavy Black Silk Bodice with Geometric Detail
Description
heavy black silk bodice; black braided trim, trim with floral brocade of pink and green at neckline, center front, and cuffs, black wool, white silk lining.; heavy black silk bodice Heavy black wool bodice Arts and Crafts style embellishment in possibly raffia. Buttons are wound, swaths of raffia are woven. Decorative darts in sleeves. Leg o mutton sleeves. V-neck. Geometric, jagged patterning on front of coat and at cuffs. Center front hook and eye closures. Wasp waist. Gold jacquard with pink flowers which match pink velvet. Sleeve cuffs with raffia trim and triangular jacquard/pink velvet adornment. Additional raffia rounded detailing in back. Double layered.
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
38 inches (chest), 31.5 inches (waist), 17 inches (center front length), 15.5 inches (center back length),
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Sharon Scoble, Emily Leimkuhler 3/3/2010
Color Main
Costume Components
Chest
38
Waist
31.5
Center Front Length
17
Center Back Length
15.5
All Measurements
38 inches (chest), 31.5 inches (waist), 17 inches (center front length), 15.5 inches (center back length),
Label
Tag: LS Plaut & Co. Newark, NJ
Donor
Marcia Goldman Widenor
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Condition Term
excellent
Condition Description
Small amount of fraying in raffia. Discolored jacquard.
Storage Location
M4
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Heavy Black Silk Bodice with Geometric Detail,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed May 31, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1193.