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

Medium

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

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.