Black and White Gingham Ensemble

Brief Item Record

Title: Black and White Gingham Ensemble

Description: black and white gingham print top, w/matching skirt, synthetic, yellow and black plastic buttons, black rope, metal hooks and eyes, brown synthetic lining, black synthetic trim at cuffs and waistband, snap closure; black and white gingham print top, w/matching skirt full skirt with matching caplet. tab type details around waist fastened with yellow and black plastic buttons. Skirt is pleated in front (in style of a full skirt. Caplet has brown braided rope hanging from around collar. Two large nubs (flower shaped) under each side of collar in front. Flower detail under collar. No defined waist. Tent type silhouette. Pleated Peter Pan collar. Buttons down center front. Loose, wide sleeves with flared cuff (pointed, double layer) and decorative button. Band of black at bottom hem. Chest piping. Back detail - gingham switches to bias. Piping continues around back. Brown lining.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2001070

Title

Black and White Gingham Ensemble

Description

black and white gingham print top, w/matching skirt, synthetic, yellow and black plastic buttons, black rope, metal hooks and eyes, brown synthetic lining, black synthetic trim at cuffs and waistband, snap closure; black and white gingham print top, w/matching skirt full skirt with matching caplet. tab type details around waist fastened with yellow and black plastic buttons. Skirt is pleated in front (in style of a full skirt. Caplet has brown braided rope hanging from around collar. Two large nubs (flower shaped) under each side of collar in front. Flower detail under collar. No defined waist. Tent type silhouette. Pleated Peter Pan collar. Buttons down center front. Loose, wide sleeves with flared cuff (pointed, double layer) and decorative button. Band of black at bottom hem. Chest piping. Back detail - gingham switches to bias. Piping continues around back. Brown lining.

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

26 inches (waist), 25.5 inches (center front length), 25 inches (center back length),

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

1960s

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Rights Holder

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Costume Item Type Metadata

Cataloguer with Date

Candace, Julie, Anne, Emily

Color Main

black

Waist

26

Center Front Length

25.5

Center Back Length

25

All Measurements

26 inches (waist), 25.5 inches (center front length), 25 inches (center back length),

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Day Ensembles

Function

day wear

Condition Term

good

Condition Description

Cloak: minor holes everywhere; some tearing on inside back of neck; Skirt: Minor holes everywhere; waistband coming undone - approx 5 inches have pulled away from fabric

Storage Location

HANGING

Work Type

ensemble
top
skirt

Citation

“Black and White Gingham Ensemble,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 4, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/911.