Blue and White Striped Bodice
Brief Item Record
Title: Blue and White Striped Bodice
Date: 1872
Description: Cream and blue striped silk voile bodice (a) with matching cream and blue fichu (b), lace details, cotton or lawn lining, metal and boning; band collar neckline; fitted torso with natural waist and two back pleats; two piece sleeve with seams at top and bottom; green (once blue) taffeta at top sleeve, cuff, and arms-eye; lace detail at top arm seam and arms-eye; seven bones; seven hook-and-eye closures center front; two hook-and-eye at front waist; eight large missing buttons at center front; fichu (b) has ribbon border and black velvet alteration.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2012065
Title
Blue and White Striped Bodice
Description
Cream and blue striped silk voile bodice (a) with matching cream and blue fichu (b), lace details, cotton or lawn lining, metal and boning; band collar neckline; fitted torso with natural waist and two back pleats; two piece sleeve with seams at top and bottom; green (once blue) taffeta at top sleeve, cuff, and arms-eye; lace detail at top arm seam and arms-eye; seven bones; seven hook-and-eye closures center front; two hook-and-eye at front waist; eight large missing buttons at center front; fichu (b) has ribbon border and black velvet alteration.
Date
1872
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
26 inches (chest), 19 inches (waist), 15 inches (center front length), 15 inches (center back length), other measurements: 21 inches (sleeve length)
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Ruby Pierce & Quinn Milton 2/12/14
Color Main
Color Secondary
Technique
Closure
Closure Placement
Collar
Sleeve Type
Waistline
Costume Components
Chest
26
Waist
19
Center Front Length
15
Center Back Length
15
Measurements Other
21 inches (sleeve length)
All Measurements
26 inches (chest), 19 inches (waist), 15 inches (center front length), 15 inches (center back length), other measurements: 21 inches (sleeve length)
Label
"This white blouse was part of wedding dress of E.D. Mackay in 1872 '“ the blue and white was part of her trousseau"
Worn by
Date Earliest
1872
Date Latest
1872
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Condition Term
fair
Condition Description
Small tears under right armpit and in one boning case in the lining. Brown stains all over bodice and sleeves. The trim has been severely discolored, from light blue to green. All of the buttons at the center back are missing. The whole garment is yellowing and fading. It is fragile and brittle. The fichu has been altered with an addition of black velvet at the neck.
Treatment
None.
Storage Location
S4
Holding Institution
Pattern
Citation
“Blue and White Striped Bodice,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/2870.