Chemise with Purple Ribbon
Brief Item Record
Title: Chemise with Purple Ribbon
Date: 1890-1919
Description: white sleeveless chemise w/purple ribbon, and ruffles. ; white sleeveless petticoat (?) w/purple stain ribbon . . . ?
Off-white (once-white?) sleeveless cotton petticoat with purple ribbon laced through mid-height round neckline. Ankle-length with ruffles, button and hook-and-eye closure down torso center front. Straight, natural waist and princess seams.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2001148
Title
Chemise with Purple Ribbon
Description
white sleeveless chemise w/purple ribbon, and ruffles. ; white sleeveless petticoat (?) w/purple stain ribbon . . . ?
Off-white (once-white?) sleeveless cotton petticoat with purple ribbon laced through mid-height round neckline. Ankle-length with ruffles, button and hook-and-eye closure down torso center front. Straight, natural waist and princess seams.
Off-white (once-white?) sleeveless cotton petticoat with purple ribbon laced through mid-height round neckline. Ankle-length with ruffles, button and hook-and-eye closure down torso center front. Straight, natural waist and princess seams.
Date
1890-1919
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
35 inches (chest), 25 inches (waist), 54 inches (hips), 53 inches (center front length), 78 inches (hem circumference), other measurements: Shoulder to waist front = 13.25
Type
Physical Object
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
Chest
35
Waist
25
Hips
54
Center Front Length
53
Hem Circumference
78
Measurements Other
Shoulder to waist front = 13.25
All Measurements
35 inches (chest), 25 inches (waist), 54 inches (hips), 53 inches (center front length), 78 inches (hem circumference), other measurements: Shoulder to waist front = 13.25
References
http://pinterest.com/vccostumes/vanya-fields/
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80037198
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80037235
http://pinterest.com/pin/232709505715484561/
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80037198
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80037235
http://pinterest.com/pin/232709505715484561/
Date Earliest
1890
Date Latest
1919
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Exhibitions
Vanya 2012 poster
Condition Term
good
Condition Description
Armpit stains
Relatively new patches down center front
Some handsewn repairs
Tears near front closure and patches
Relatively new patches down center front
Some handsewn repairs
Tears near front closure and patches
Mannequin
Eleanor
Storage Location
G1
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Chemise with Purple Ribbon,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 2, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/989.
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