Black Robe Dress

Brief Item Record

Title: Black Robe Dress

Description: Black robe: black cotton satin (sateen), green cotton twill, silver metal snaps, green wooden buckle; drop-waist, calf-length, V-neck [details at neckline covered with black casing (10 hemisphere buttons on each side)], long sleeves, wrap front effect; green twill piping, scalloped on right lapel, built-in belt with green buckle

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2001010

Title

Black Robe Dress

Description

Black robe: black cotton satin (sateen), green cotton twill, silver metal snaps, green wooden buckle; drop-waist, calf-length, V-neck [details at neckline covered with black casing (10 hemisphere buttons on each side)], long sleeves, wrap front effect; green twill piping, scalloped on right lapel, built-in belt with green buckle

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

40 inches (chest), 34 inches (waist), 46 inches (hips), 35.5 inches (center front length), 42 inches (center back length),

Medium

Type

Physical Object

Spatial Coverage

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

Color Main

Chest

40

Waist

34

Hips

46

Center Front Length

35.5

Center Back Length

42

All Measurements

40 inches (chest), 34 inches (waist), 46 inches (hips), 35.5 inches (center front length), 42 inches (center back length),

Label

"made in Czechoslovakia", on buckle

Culture

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Function

Condition Description

slight fraying at armpit seams; 2 tears at right side seam; discoloration of top piping; folds and wrinkles; alterations: sleeves hemmed, neckline details covered

Storage Location

Q1

Work Type

Citation

“Black Robe Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/851.