Dark Blue Ensemble with Crocheted Lace
Brief Item Record
Title: Dark Blue Ensemble with Crocheted Lace
Date: 1905 (circa)
Description: Dark blue crepe two-part dress with crocheted lace insets and black and green pleat details; band collar neckline; open front pleated bodice with crochet insets at collar and bust; hook and eye closures center front and back waist; taffeta bias tape trim in green and black center front; elbow length puff sleeves with crochet and taffeta cuffs; smocking; skirt of crepe and lace with hook and eye closures at center back waist; triangular yolk of lace in front; lace strips not backed; tucks from waist to hipline. ; ensemble of dark blue with ecru crocheted lace (day) 2 piece - navy blue crepe + ecru crocheted lace w/ taffeta bias tape trim in green + black; (a) bodice of crepe + lace has boned standing collar which attaches to neckline w/ hooks/eyes; gathered at panel @ CF closes with only a few hooks/eyes tp cover actual CF hook/eye closures; rest of bodice in tucks, elbow length puff sleeves w/ crocheted lace trim cuff; (b) skirt of crepe and lace w/ hook/eye closure @ waist CB; triangular yoke of lace; 2 side lace panels continue throughout back, lace strips not backed; tucks from waist to hipline; train
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992125
Title
Dark Blue Ensemble with Crocheted Lace
Description
Dark blue crepe two-part dress with crocheted lace insets and black and green pleat details; band collar neckline; open front pleated bodice with crochet insets at collar and bust; hook and eye closures center front and back waist; taffeta bias tape trim in green and black center front; elbow length puff sleeves with crochet and taffeta cuffs; smocking; skirt of crepe and lace with hook and eye closures at center back waist; triangular yolk of lace in front; lace strips not backed; tucks from waist to hipline. ; ensemble of dark blue with ecru crocheted lace (day) 2 piece - navy blue crepe + ecru crocheted lace w/ taffeta bias tape trim in green + black; (a) bodice of crepe + lace has boned standing collar which attaches to neckline w/ hooks/eyes; gathered at panel @ CF closes with only a few hooks/eyes tp cover actual CF hook/eye closures; rest of bodice in tucks, elbow length puff sleeves w/ crocheted lace trim cuff; (b) skirt of crepe and lace w/ hook/eye closure @ waist CB; triangular yoke of lace; 2 side lace panels continue throughout back, lace strips not backed; tucks from waist to hipline; train
Date
1905 (circa)
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
25 inches (waist), 67.75 inches (center back length), other measurements: 15 inches (center back B); 52.75 inches (center back A); 41 inches (center front A); 27.5 inches (waist B); 25 inches (waist A)
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Arden Kirkland 4/11/1993
Color Main
Closure
Closure Placement
Collar
Sleeve Type
Sleeve Length
Waistline
Skirt Type
Length
Waist
25
Center Back Length
67.75
Measurements Other
15 inches (center back B); 52.75 inches (center back A); 41 inches (center front A); 27.5 inches (waist B); 25 inches (waist A)
All Measurements
25 inches (waist), 67.75 inches (center back length), other measurements: 15 inches (center back B); 52.75 inches (center back A); 41 inches (center front A); 27.5 inches (waist B); 25 inches (waist A)
References
Warrell, Estelle Ansley 'American Costume: 1840-1920†Harrisburg: Stockpile Books, 1979 - p. 146, fig. 236 Wilcox, 350-1; Contini, 270; Waugh, 'Cutâ€, diagram LXII, p. 280 Halle, 89 (1904) of ter? dress; Bourlen, 397; 4.7; Batterberry, 261; Moore, 154
Date Earliest
1900
Date Latest
1910
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
Vassar Girls and Other Women
Public Information
This dress is a later, more 'feminine' approach to public situations of the early 1900's and is more appropriate for a spring or summer casual setting. It might have been worn for an afternoon garden party, where those in attendance would have been friends and family with whom the wearer could feel comfortable with shorter sleeves and a lighter weight dress. Such short sleeves and more delicate lines reflect not only the possibility of a more private occasion, but also the changes that took place in attitudes toward those elements between the 1880's and the 1900's, a period of transition between the nineteenth century covering and decoration in order to elaborate upon the female body versus the later twentieth century celebration of the less covered female body.
Condition Term
fair
Condition Description
a--frayed bodice, hole in left shoulder fabric skirt: small hole of CF slighlty below hipline, hemline = fraying in some places bodice: bring broken in standing collar, green + black at CF coming loose
Mannequin
1992.125.ab
Storage Location
P10
Holding Institution
Exhibition Notes
3 afternoon dress of navy blue crepe with ecru crocheted lace, c. 1903 1992.125ab This dress is a later, more 'feminine' approach to public situations of the early 1900's and is more appropriate for a spring or summer casual setting. It might have been worn for an afternoon garden party, where those in attendance would have been friends and family with whom the wearer could feel comfortable with shorter sleeves and a lighter weight dress. Such short sleeves and more delicate lines reflect not only the possibility of a more private occasion, but also the changes that took place in attitudes toward those elements between the 1880's and the 1900's, a period of transition between the nineteenth century covering and decoration in order to elaborate upon the female body versus the later twentieth century celebration of the less covered female body.
Work Type
Citation
“Dark Blue Ensemble with Crocheted Lace,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 5, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/797.
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