Purple Striped Dress
Brief Item Record
Title: Purple Striped Dress
Description: Two-piece dress: skirt and bodice. The skirt is white with purple stripes. Crinoline attached to bottom of dress so it flairs out. Skirt hem trimmed with a purple silk ribbon. Purple silk ribbon also on skirt just before the crinoline. The bodice is made of the same striped fabric. Purple silk detailing down front of bodice, sleeves and high lace collar. Silk sleeves stop past elbow and then the sleeves are made of chiffon.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2012050
Title
Purple Striped Dress
Description
Two-piece dress: skirt and bodice. The skirt is white with purple stripes. Crinoline attached to bottom of dress so it flairs out. Skirt hem trimmed with a purple silk ribbon. Purple silk ribbon also on skirt just before the crinoline. The bodice is made of the same striped fabric. Purple silk detailing down front of bodice, sleeves and high lace collar. Silk sleeves stop past elbow and then the sleeves are made of chiffon.
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
Alexandra Figler 10/3/2012
Color Main
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Condition Term
fair
Condition Description
There is some staining on the skirt and on the skirt hem. The lace on the bodice has yellowed. The sheer part of the sleeves has also discolored. There appears to be something missing near the lace on the collar. Much of the bodice's lining is missing.
Storage Location
N10
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Purple Striped Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed October 9, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/2673.