Floral Pink and Olive Silk Embroidered Collar
Brief Item Record
Title: Floral Pink and Olive Silk Embroidered Collar
Description: A mainly olive colored silk collar with multi-toned green leaf embroidery and multi-toned pink circle flower embroidery. Gold thread details on leaves and flowers and in border of piece (also green). Border and embroidery both hand sewn. Clean edges. Overall shape and neckline shape are both square. Main silk fabric almost transparent. No closing mechanism, but one side split. A few pencil markings from original drawing of embroidery plan still visible.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2017013
Title
Floral Pink and Olive Silk Embroidered Collar
Description
A mainly olive colored silk collar with multi-toned green leaf embroidery and multi-toned pink circle flower embroidery. Gold thread details on leaves and flowers and in border of piece (also green). Border and embroidery both hand sewn. Clean edges. Overall shape and neckline shape are both square. Main silk fabric almost transparent. No closing mechanism, but one side split. A few pencil markings from original drawing of embroidery plan still visible.
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
other measurements: 33 inch neckline
Medium
Type
Physical Object
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Mollie Lipkowitz 2017-03-30
Color Main
Color Secondary
Technique
Measurements Other
33 inch neckline
All Measurements
other measurements: 33 inch neckline
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
A few minor snags on green loops of border, which frayed some threads without ripping all the way through them. One loose fold in the center of the side opposite to the split opening. Also some fraying on underside of garment where embroidery was tied off, but not affecting design or stability of design.
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Floral Pink and Olive Silk Embroidered Collar,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed July 4, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/6223.