Black Taffeta Day Dress

Brief Item Record

Title: Black Taffeta Day Dress

Date: 1850-1870

Description: Silk, cotton, metal, wool; crinoline dress; black silk taffeta bodice, six waist darts at front, princess seams at back; crew neckline; two-piece sleeves with black cotton lace and buttons along center front; metal hook and eye closures at center front of bodice; black silk taffeta full length crinoline skirt with cartridge pleats at front and center back; metal hook and eye closure at center front; green wool binding on edge of hem; fully lined; black silk taffeta, natural polished cotton, brass hooks and eyes, dark green hem band, black lace (cotton? synthetic?), black glass beads fitted bodice; full skirt fitted bodice, princess seem in front, two waist darts per side in back; two piece sleeves, curved, dropped shoulder, lace and beads at cuff which extends up at seem past wrist; covered non functional buttons at center back, interior hooks and eyes; full skirt, cartridge pleats on front; slit where skirt meets at back and hook and eye; narrow black piping at waist band, shoulder, and neck; polished cotton lining

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2001080

Title

Black Taffeta Day Dress

Description

Silk, cotton, metal, wool; crinoline dress; black silk taffeta bodice, six waist darts at front, princess seams at back; crew neckline; two-piece sleeves with black cotton lace and buttons along center front; metal hook and eye closures at center front of bodice; black silk taffeta full length crinoline skirt with cartridge pleats at front and center back; metal hook and eye closure at center front; green wool binding on edge of hem; fully lined; black silk taffeta, natural polished cotton, brass hooks and eyes, dark green hem band, black lace (cotton? synthetic?), black glass beads fitted bodice; full skirt fitted bodice, princess seem in front, two waist darts per side in back; two piece sleeves, curved, dropped shoulder, lace and beads at cuff which extends up at seem past wrist; covered non functional buttons at center back, interior hooks and eyes; full skirt, cartridge pleats on front; slit where skirt meets at back and hook and eye; narrow black piping at waist band, shoulder, and neck; polished cotton lining

Date

1850-1870

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

40 inches (chest), 29.5 inches (waist), 54.5 inches (center front length), 49.25 inches (center back length), other measurements: 23 inches (sleeve length)

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

1850s
1860s

Rights

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Rights Holder

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Costume Item Type Metadata

Cataloguer with Date

Boesche, Starr 03/03/2010; Emily Goddard and Bailey Strauss, 3/24/14

Color Main

black

Technique

darts

Dress Type

hoopskirt

Closure

hooks and eyes

Closure Placement

center front closure

Neckline

round neckline

Sleeve Length

long sleeve

Waistline

natural waistline

Skirt Type

bell skirt

Length

floor length

Costume Components

lining

Chest

40

Waist

29.5

Center Front Length

54.5

Center Back Length

49.25

Measurements Other

23 inches (sleeve length)

All Measurements

40 inches (chest), 29.5 inches (waist), 54.5 inches (center front length), 49.25 inches (center back length), other measurements: 23 inches (sleeve length)

Date Earliest

1850

Date Latest

1869

Gender

womenswear

Classification

costume
clothing

Function

day wear

Condition Term

good

Condition Description

Taken out at side seam; small tear in left sleeve; loose at neckline; small tear at center front of skirt; hook at center front waist re-sewn; taken out at shoulder seam; missing two hooks at center front; yellow spots on skirt lining

Mannequin

size 11 1968

Storage Location

F5

Work Type

dress

Citation

“Black Taffeta Day Dress,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 19, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/921.