Cream Lace Slip

Brief Item Record

Title: Cream Lace Slip

Description: Embroidered and crocheted-lace slip; I. Cream cotton plain weave, cotton crocheted lace, eyelet ribbon; crocheted cotton over metal (?) buttons II. Full skirted slip III. Shallow scoop-neck trimmed with crocheted lace, four vertical lines of crocheted embellishment ending with rosettes, center circular crochet detail, accented with tonal embroidery of ribbon (at center) and little abstracted tree-motifs; sleeveless, straps trimmed with lace; Princess seams; eyelet ribbon along top of bottom teir, teir gathered underneath ribbon, pintucked horizontally in three different rows, and trimmed with lace and eyelet detail; buttons down along the back center half way down the garment, crocheted buttons along center placket;

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2010005

Title

Cream Lace Slip

Description

Embroidered and crocheted-lace slip; I. Cream cotton plain weave, cotton crocheted lace, eyelet ribbon; crocheted cotton over metal (?) buttons II. Full skirted slip III. Shallow scoop-neck trimmed with crocheted lace, four vertical lines of crocheted embellishment ending with rosettes, center circular crochet detail, accented with tonal embroidery of ribbon (at center) and little abstracted tree-motifs; sleeveless, straps trimmed with lace; Princess seams; eyelet ribbon along top of bottom teir, teir gathered underneath ribbon, pintucked horizontally in three different rows, and trimmed with lace and eyelet detail; buttons down along the back center half way down the garment, crocheted buttons along center placket;

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

32 inches (chest), 28 inches (waist), 46 inches (center front length), 44.5 inches (center back length),

Medium

cotton
metal

Type

Physical Object

Rights

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Rights Holder

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Costume Item Type Metadata

Cataloguer with Date

Chloë, Leksi, 4/28/10

Color Main

cream

Chest

32

Waist

28

Center Front Length

46

Center Back Length

44.5

All Measurements

32 inches (chest), 28 inches (waist), 46 inches (center front length), 44.5 inches (center back length),

Donor

Marcia Goldman Widenor

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Underwear

Function

underwear

Storage Location

B11

Work Type

slip

Tags

,

Citation

“Cream Lace Slip,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1213.