Full length cotton dress with lace decoration
Brief Item Record
Title: Full length cotton dress with lace decoration
Creator: J.B.F.
Date: 1900-1919
Description: White, cotton floor length dress with lace decoration on bodice, sleeves and skirt; flared skirt with gathered ruffle; tucks at waist give skirt shape; band collar in lace; vertical lace panels on bodice front with horizontal lace strips on center front; long sleeves with button closures at wrist; horizontal lace strips on sleeves and small ruffles layered up the sleeve; diagonal lace strips on back of bodice meeting at bottom of center back; lace waistband at natural waist; button closures on center back of bodice; hook and eye closures on center back of skirt; large ruffle on bottom of skirt with horizontal lace strips.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2015004
Title
Full length cotton dress with lace decoration
Description
White, cotton floor length dress with lace decoration on bodice, sleeves and skirt; flared skirt with gathered ruffle; tucks at waist give skirt shape; band collar in lace; vertical lace panels on bodice front with horizontal lace strips on center front; long sleeves with button closures at wrist; horizontal lace strips on sleeves and small ruffles layered up the sleeve; diagonal lace strips on back of bodice meeting at bottom of center back; lace waistband at natural waist; button closures on center back of bodice; hook and eye closures on center back of skirt; large ruffle on bottom of skirt with horizontal lace strips.
Creator
Date
1900-1919
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 57.5 inches (center front length), 57.5 inches (center back length), 106 inches (hem circumference), 8 inches (underarm to waist). other measurements: 14 inches (neck); 24 inches (shoulder to wrist).
Type
Physical Object
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Robin Piatt Stegman 5/19/2015
Chest
32
Waist
26
Center Front Length
57.5
Center Back Length
57.5
Hem Circumference
106
Underarm to Waist
8
Measurements Other
14 inches (neck); 24 inches (shoulder to wrist).
All Measurements
32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 57.5 inches (center front length), 57.5 inches (center back length), 106 inches (hem circumference), 8 inches (underarm to waist). other measurements: 14 inches (neck); 24 inches (shoulder to wrist).
Date Earliest
1900
Date Latest
1919
Classification
costume
clothing
Treatment
2015-02: freezer protocol - in freezer for 48 hours, out for 24 hours, back in for several days
2015-05-20: vacuumed thoroughly by Daisy Walker and Emily Goddard, especially to remove pet hair
2015-05-20: vacuumed thoroughly by Daisy Walker and Emily Goddard, especially to remove pet hair
Storage Location
N11
Holding Institution
Citation
J.B.F., “Full length cotton dress with lace decoration,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 14, 2026, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/4501.