Black and White Top with Boning

Brief Item Record

Title: Black and White Top with Boning

Description: black and white top with boning and detached sleeve; I. black crinoline, black netting, cream silk embroidery, rose silk satin, black satin covered wooden buttons, metal clasps II. Silhouette: bodice III. Manderin neckline; hook and eye closures down the center front; full length sleeve; short sleeve over long sleeve; wax polka dots on sleeves, bodice and collar; embroidered flowers at waist, embroidered pointed oval closure at waist, netting at wrist and short sleeve overlay and shoulder to waist on bodice in the front and back; 3 cosmetic buttons at wrist

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2001075

Title

Black and White Top with Boning

Description

black and white top with boning and detached sleeve; I. black crinoline, black netting, cream silk embroidery, rose silk satin, black satin covered wooden buttons, metal clasps II. Silhouette: bodice III. Manderin neckline; hook and eye closures down the center front; full length sleeve; short sleeve over long sleeve; wax polka dots on sleeves, bodice and collar; embroidered flowers at waist, embroidered pointed oval closure at waist, netting at wrist and short sleeve overlay and shoulder to waist on bodice in the front and back; 3 cosmetic buttons at wrist

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

32 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 17.5 inches (center front length), 18 inches (center back length),

Medium

metal
net
silk
wax
wood

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

1900s

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

anne, emily, candace 3.1.2010

Color Main

black

Chest

32

Waist

24

Center Front Length

17.5

Center Back Length

18

All Measurements

32 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 17.5 inches (center front length), 18 inches (center back length),

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Tops

Condition Term

fair

Condition Description

Sleeve has become unattached; lining is shredded, and chunks missing; wax dots are melting on torn off sleeve

Storage Location

D10

Work Type

top

Citation

“Black and White Top with Boning,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 2, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/916.