Tan Ankle-Length Smocked Dress
Brief Item Record
Title: Tan Ankle-Length Smocked Dress
Creator: Liberty of London (attributed)
Date: 1920-1929
Description: Wheat-colored China silk dress with smocking details at neck, waist, and sleeves; bateau neckline, smocking coming to a small point in center front; gathered torso, giving a full, balloon effect to bodice; dropped shoulders with full sleeves, and cotton thread floral embroidery at the cuffs; smocking and gathering at natural waist; gathered ankle-length hem; hook-and-eye metal closures at the center back from neck to waist; decorative buttons at center back. The dress was donated with a note indicating it was acquired at Liberty in London. Made for an adult female in the 1920's.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2012057
Title
Tan Ankle-Length Smocked Dress
Description
Wheat-colored China silk dress with smocking details at neck, waist, and sleeves; bateau neckline, smocking coming to a small point in center front; gathered torso, giving a full, balloon effect to bodice; dropped shoulders with full sleeves, and cotton thread floral embroidery at the cuffs; smocking and gathering at natural waist; gathered ankle-length hem; hook-and-eye metal closures at the center back from neck to waist; decorative buttons at center back. The dress was donated with a note indicating it was acquired at Liberty in London. Made for an adult female in the 1920's.
Creator
Date
1920-1929
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
10 (size), 32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 40 inches (hips), 52 inches (center front length), 49 inches (center back length), 7.5 inches (underarm to waist).
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Emily Goddard and Madison Hickman 12/10/2012
Ruby Pierce 2/7/14
Ruby Pierce 2/7/14
Color Main
Closure
Closure Placement
Neckline
Waistline
Length
Costume Components
Size
10
Chest
32
Waist
26
Hips
40
Center Front Length
52
Center Back Length
49
Underarm to Waist
7.5
All Measurements
10 (size), 32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 40 inches (hips), 52 inches (center front length), 49 inches (center back length), 7.5 inches (underarm to waist).
Worn by
Donor
Joan Burroughs
Date Earliest
1919
Date Latest
1929
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Public Information
Note attached reads, "This smocked dress came from Libertys in London"
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
Minimal spots of abrasion on lower part of skirt; half an inch of fraying on left back of hem; all of fabric is faded; brown, rust-colored stains on skirt back and front; smocking is very well intact.
Storage Location
S4
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
Liberty of London (attributed), “Tan Ankle-Length Smocked Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed October 9, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/2688.