Ivory Wedding Dress of Marion Heagen Sauter
Brief Item Record
Title: Ivory Wedding Dress of Marion Heagen Sauter
Creator: Macy's
Date: 1940
Description: Synthetic ivory material wedding dress, with fitted cummerbund waist and skirt with a train.; Ivory synthetic floor-length wedding dress. A fitted bodice and modified sweetheart neckline with eyelet cutwork, decorated by cotton braid. Cummerbund style waistband. Gathers along the bust line. Gathered skirt with a train. Long sleeves gather into arms eye, with eyelet cutwork at the sleeve hem.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2005014
Title
Ivory Wedding Dress of Marion Heagen Sauter
Description
Synthetic ivory material wedding dress, with fitted cummerbund waist and skirt with a train.; Ivory synthetic floor-length wedding dress. A fitted bodice and modified sweetheart neckline with eyelet cutwork, decorated by cotton braid. Cummerbund style waistband. Gathers along the bust line. Gathered skirt with a train. Long sleeves gather into arms eye, with eyelet cutwork at the sleeve hem.
Creator
Date
1940
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
35 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 48.5 inches (center front length), 96.5 inches (center back length),
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
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
Color Main
Chest
35
Waist
26
Center Front Length
48.5
Center Back Length
96.5
All Measurements
35 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 48.5 inches (center front length), 96.5 inches (center back length),
Worn by
Donor
Anne Constantinope, Diane Sauter
Date Earliest
1940
Date Latest
1940
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Condition Term
good
Condition Description
Small stains on train and under the arms. Wrinkles, caused by storage. Slight fraying within cutwork. Some gray stains on the upper side of the train. A smudge on the bodice. Loose threads on the side seam, and a small tear on the bottom of the waistband.
Storage Location
D11
Holding Institution
Citation
Macy's, “Ivory Wedding Dress of Marion Heagen Sauter,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed May 31, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/3932.
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