Red Child's Dress

Brief Item Record

Title: Red Child's Dress

Description: Red child's drop-waist dress with lace-like detailing with self-fabric piping and embroidery; red silk, raspberry embroidery floss, raspberry ribbon, gold-colored hook/eyes; child's drop-waist dress, knee/right below knee-length, drop waist bodice, short sleeves with small ruched gathering at top of shoulder and lace-like detailing with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss trim, 2 parallel lace-like detailings with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss, 8" down both sides of the neckline, boatneck collar with hook/eyes at each side by shoulders, lace-like trim with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss around back neckline, looser skirt with piping where bodice meets skirt, ribbon tied in a bow on the left side of front on said piping, hem includes lace-like detailing with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss in triangular pattern

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2012001

Title

Red Child's Dress

Description

Red child's drop-waist dress with lace-like detailing with self-fabric piping and embroidery; red silk, raspberry embroidery floss, raspberry ribbon, gold-colored hook/eyes; child's drop-waist dress, knee/right below knee-length, drop waist bodice, short sleeves with small ruched gathering at top of shoulder and lace-like detailing with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss trim, 2 parallel lace-like detailings with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss, 8" down both sides of the neckline, boatneck collar with hook/eyes at each side by shoulders, lace-like trim with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss around back neckline, looser skirt with piping where bodice meets skirt, ribbon tied in a bow on the left side of front on said piping, hem includes lace-like detailing with self-fabric piping and embroidery floss in triangular pattern

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

33 inches (chest), 33.5 inches (waist), 34 inches (hips), 27.5 inches (center front length), 28.75 inches (center back length),

Medium

Type

Physical Object

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

Cataloguer with Date

Elizabeth Scopel, 6/19/2012

Color Main

Technique

Chest

33

Waist

33.5

Hips

34

Center Front Length

27.5

Center Back Length

28.75

All Measurements

33 inches (chest), 33.5 inches (waist), 34 inches (hips), 27.5 inches (center front length), 28.75 inches (center back length),

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Life Stages

Condition Term

excellent

Condition Description

fraying ribbon; stains on skirt (especially by the ribbon) and on bodice front

Storage Location

N2

Work Type

Tags

Citation

“Red Child's Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/2133.