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

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

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

Donation Date

2015-10-16

Work Type

Citation

“Cream Lace Tea Dress with Lavender Accents,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/6211.

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