Beaded Flapper Dress

Brief Item Record

Title: Beaded Flapper Dress

Description: beaded flapper dress; cream silk chiffon;

gun metal seed beads forming 1.5 inch wide horizontal striped pattern, 7 repetitions;

left strap dyed blue gray;

CF square panel with wider beading pattern;

31 inch ties at CF waist;

skirt with 10 beaded tiers

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2007030

Title

Beaded Flapper Dress

Description

beaded flapper dress; cream silk chiffon;

gun metal seed beads forming 1.5 inch wide horizontal striped pattern, 7 repetitions;

left strap dyed blue gray;

CF square panel with wider beading pattern;

31 inch ties at CF waist;

skirt with 10 beaded tiers

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

31 inches (waist), 36 inches (hips), 32 inches (center front length), 32 inches (center back length),

Medium

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

Rights

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

Rights Holder

© Vassar College Costume Collection. Images in this collection may be used for teaching, classroom presentation, and research purposes only. For other reuse, reproduction and publication of these images, contact costumeshop@vassar.edu.

Costume Item Type Metadata

Waist

31

Hips

36

Center Front Length

32

Center Back Length

32

All Measurements

31 inches (waist), 36 inches (hips), 32 inches (center front length), 32 inches (center back length),

Donor

Marcia Goldman Widenor

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Function

Condition Term

good

Condition Description

February 2012: Tearing below neckline; one strap detached

Storage Location

Q4

Work Type

Pattern

Citation

“Beaded Flapper Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1194.