Cream and Coral Embroidered Dress with Ruching
Brief Item Record
Title: Cream and Coral Embroidered Dress with Ruching
Date: 1910-1919
Description: High-waisted teen's elbow-length sleeve full-length dress with trapezoid neckline. silk, glass, metal. high-waisted teen's elbow-length sleeve full-length dress; trapezoid neckline; panelled overskirt- open center front and center back; net undersleeves slightly longer than oversleeves; long a-line skirt; metal hook and bars to right of center back; cream silk ruching along neckline, panels, sleeve hem, skirt hem, and waist; rosettes at either side of center front and center back waist; silk coral ribbon attaching rosettes on front and back; coral ribbon at net sleeve hem; off-white silk embroidery on bodice and around skirt.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Title
Cream and Coral Embroidered Dress with Ruching
Description
High-waisted teen's elbow-length sleeve full-length dress with trapezoid neckline. silk, glass, metal. high-waisted teen's elbow-length sleeve full-length dress; trapezoid neckline; panelled overskirt- open center front and center back; net undersleeves slightly longer than oversleeves; long a-line skirt; metal hook and bars to right of center back; cream silk ruching along neckline, panels, sleeve hem, skirt hem, and waist; rosettes at either side of center front and center back waist; silk coral ribbon attaching rosettes on front and back; coral ribbon at net sleeve hem; off-white silk embroidery on bodice and around skirt.
Date
1910-1919
Subject
Clothing and dress
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Leksi, Chloe, Taylor 2/8/12
Color Main
Color Secondary
Date Earliest
1910
Date Latest
1919
Classification
costume
clothing
Storage Location
G9
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Cream and Coral Embroidered Dress with Ruching,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1752.