Cream Lace Tea Dress with Lavender Accents
Brief Item Record
Title: Cream Lace Tea Dress with Lavender Accents
Date: 1900-1910
Description: Cream lace dress with short puffed sleeves and lavender trim. High neck, S-curve boned bodice with vertical lavender velvet trim and pleated satin waistband. Natural waist skirt with fullness at hem and train in back.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2017004
Title
Cream Lace Tea Dress with Lavender Accents
Description
Cream lace dress with short puffed sleeves and lavender trim. High neck, S-curve boned bodice with vertical lavender velvet trim and pleated satin waistband. Natural waist skirt with fullness at hem and train in back.
Date
1900-1910
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
32 in (chest), 28 in (waist), 48 in (hips), 19 in (center front length), 17 in (center back length), 128 in (hem circumference), 8 in (underarm to waist).
Type
Physical Object
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Esther Kim, Noah Pliss 2017-02-15; Hildegard Wulf; Xiangyi Tan; Esther Kim; Noah Pliss; Leora Randall-Tavori; 2017-02-15; Mahalia Hunter, 2020-09-17
Color Main
Color Secondary
Dress Type
Closure
Closure Placement
Sleeve Type
Waistline
Length
Chest
32
Waist
28
Hips
48
Center Front Length
19
Center Back Length
17
Hem Circumference
128
Underarm to Waist
8
All Measurements
32 inches (chest), 28 inches (waist), 48 inches (hips), 19 inches (center front length), 17 inches (center back length), 128 inches (hem circumference), 8 inches (underarm to waist).
Donor
Christina Caroll '06
Date Earliest
1900
Date Latest
1910
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Public Information
Donor Christina Caroll'06, Cynthia Bowen is Christina's grandmother and housed the collection, clothes belong to Cynthia's mother and grandmother.
Condition Term
fair
Holding Institution
Donation Date
2015-10-16
Citation
“Cream Lace Tea Dress with Lavender Accents,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/6211.