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),

Medium

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

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

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

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

Storage Location

M6

Work Type

Pattern

Citation

“Black Silk Dress with Shell Motif Beading,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 26, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/825.