Cream Lace Bodice

Brief Item Record

Title: Cream Lace Bodice

Creator: Aline Braun

Description: creamy lace long-sleeved bodice; 1. cream lace, cream linen, silk chiffon sleeve lining, silk bodice decorations; silk lace embroidery; cotton lining and waistband 2. creamy lace bodice, cream linen bodice, mutton/balloon shape sleeves, two balloon shapes make up the top of the sleeve, lace cuff on sleeve lined with silk chiffon, bodice itself is decorated with silk, pleated ruffle trim,with lace placket, silk lace vine embroidery front and back,capelet collar style, high, mandarin style collar. detailing on front and back of bodice is reminiscent of epaulets. metal hook/eye front closure,metal boning within silk casing, cotton lining, cotton twill waistband, cotton gussets in underarms 3.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2001158

Title

Cream Lace Bodice

Description

creamy lace long-sleeved bodice; 1. cream lace, cream linen, silk chiffon sleeve lining, silk bodice decorations; silk lace embroidery; cotton lining and waistband 2. creamy lace bodice, cream linen bodice, mutton/balloon shape sleeves, two balloon shapes make up the top of the sleeve, lace cuff on sleeve lined with silk chiffon, bodice itself is decorated with silk, pleated ruffle trim,with lace placket, silk lace vine embroidery front and back,capelet collar style, high, mandarin style collar. detailing on front and back of bodice is reminiscent of epaulets. metal hook/eye front closure,metal boning within silk casing, cotton lining, cotton twill waistband, cotton gussets in underarms 3.

Creator

Aline Braun

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

33 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 15 inches (center front length), 14 inches (center back length),

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

1890s

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

2010

Color Main

cream

Chest

33

Waist

24

Center Front Length

15

Center Back Length

14

All Measurements

33 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 15 inches (center front length), 14 inches (center back length),

Label

Alice Brown' tag stamped into waistband-'Aline Braun New York'

References

similar to picture in Villa Bryk, page 85 and Blum page 250.

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Tops

Condition Term

good

Storage Location

D10

Work Type

bodice

Citation

Aline Braun, “Cream Lace Bodice,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/999.