Black Silk Dress with Shell Motif Beading
Brief Item Record
Title: Black Silk Dress with Shell Motif Beading
Date: 1910-1919
Description: black silk chiffon dress with floral and shell beaded motifs
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992153
Title
Black Silk Dress with Shell Motif Beading
Description
black silk chiffon dress with floral and shell beaded motifs
Date
1910-1919
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
38 inches (chest), 30 inches (waist), 38 inches (center front length),
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Arden Kirkland 4/8/2003; Faren Tang, Kayla Abe, Hannah Schenk - 10/12/11
Color Main
Chest
38
Waist
30
Center Front Length
38
All Measurements
38 inches (chest), 30 inches (waist), 38 inches (center front length),
Date Earliest
1910
Date Latest
1919
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
possible faint mold stains--small gray spots on front and back; otherwise excellent.
Suspended white marks, missing a few beads along lower cuff and neckline edges
Suspended white marks, missing a few beads along lower cuff and neckline edges
Storage Location
M6
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Black Silk Dress with Shell Motif Beading,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 2, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/825.