Black Dress with White Floral Lace

Brief Item Record

Title: Black Dress with White Floral Lace

Description: Black satin dress with cream and black silk lace on one side of collar, cuffs, and apron; dropwaist, dolman sleeves, knee length or just below.; dress with white floral lace

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2001108

Title

Black Dress with White Floral Lace

Description

Black satin dress with cream and black silk lace on one side of collar, cuffs, and apron; dropwaist, dolman sleeves, knee length or just below.; dress with white floral lace

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

40 inches (chest), 40 inches (waist), 40 inches (hips), 37 inches (center front length), 46 inches (center back 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

Color Main

Chest

40

Waist

40

Hips

40

Center Front Length

37

Center Back Length

46

All Measurements

40 inches (chest), 40 inches (waist), 40 inches (hips), 37 inches (center front length), 46 inches (center back length),

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Function

Condition Description

Tears in both armpits, safety pins holding together left shoulder lining, holding closed collar, attaching lace tassel to apron, indicating possible use as costume. Incongruities in lining support this idea. Hem has been let out at least once.

Storage Location

O8

Work Type

Pattern

Citation

“Black Dress with White Floral Lace,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed May 30, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/949.