Items tagged "CRC1": 13
Documentation of 1879 Graduation Ensemble
Letter regarding the transfer of the ensemble from the Alumnae Association of Vassar College to the Vassar College Costume Collection
Photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake
Portrait photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake, VC Class of 1879. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #22)
Photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake
Full length photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake, VC Class of 1879. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #22)
Photograph of Gertie Palmer
Photograph of Gertie Palmer in her Vassar graduation dress, 1879, the same year as Sallie Tucker Blake, who wore VC1984001. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #27)
Cream and Black Printed Silk Dress with Black Lace
Two-piece cream silk ensemble with black print and lace: boned, high-neck bodice with flutter sleeves, full skirt with bustle pleats and train.
; Cream silk ensemble with black print and black lace . Band collar covered in lace. Lace inserts trimmed with ruched ribbon. Ribbon tassels (2) at side closure (left). Flutter sleeve with diamond…
; Cream silk ensemble with black print and black lace . Band collar covered in lace. Lace inserts trimmed with ruched ribbon. Ribbon tassels (2) at side closure (left). Flutter sleeve with diamond…
Pink Patterned Dress
pink patterned top, skirt, and collar; Pink and cream printed treated silk, pink silk front facing, cotton muslin ruffle at hem, cotton lace floral applique, grosgrain synthetic ribbon as waist tape, metal hook-and-eye closures; linen lining of collar. Fitted silhouette, no boning, seems to pre-date aesthetic dress, but has pleating at front…
Navy Blue Dress with Hobble Skirt
Navy blue satin dress with hobble skirt and embroidered placket. ; Dropped Bustle evening gown silhouette; square neckline with V-neck over layer to waist; square blue gray lapel overlaying blue silk, backs of lapels have one layer at bottom and one snap on the front underneath the synthetic; neckline of under layer has rectangular embroidered…
Brown Tea Gown
Dress of rust colored satin with empire waistline, with shirred sleeve with hanging cuffs and full-length skirt with train.; Dress of rust colored satin; Empire waistline; 3/4 length shirred sleeve with hanging cuffs; full length skirt with train.
Dress: rust colored china silk with small cream cherry print; brown silk chiffon; blue…
Dress: rust colored china silk with small cream cherry print; brown silk chiffon; blue…
Black Silk Dress with Train
Dress of black silk trimmed with lace, black, and ivory embroidery and lace high collar inset at neckline. Long sleeves with embroidered cuffs. Full length skirt with train. ; Dress of black silk trimmed with lace, black, and ivory embroidery and lace high collar inset at neckline. Long sleeves with embroidered cuffs. Full length skirt with train.
Brown and Ivory Print Silk Dress
Brown and cream abstract-printed jacquard silk bodice and skirt ensemble, with faux-jacketed bodice and lace front; Bodice: brown and ivory printed jacquard silk; new boning; brown silk lining; deep red wide ribbon at collar and waist; embroidered cotton gauze over cream silk in front panels; cotton applique details beside front panels; cotton…
Evening Dress with One Shoe
Evening ensemble of ivory silk satin with gold and pink floral metallic brocade. Bodice: fitted princess-seam bodice with modified puff sleeves with gathers at the underarm and longer at the bottom of the sleeve than the top, and square neckline. Pink silk ribbon lacing closure at center front with hand-stitched thread eyelets; metal boning; metal…
Pink and Gray Bustle Ensemble
Pale salmon and gray silk taffeta bustle ensemble, trimmed with pale salmon taffeta ruffles and white and gray tassel trim, swags, bustle, and train; fitted bodice with 3/4 sleeves, square neckline and triple button closure up front; skirt with fullness at back to accommodate bustle, train , pocket in right front of skirt.
1879 Graduation Ensemble
Ivory ensemble of silk satin and lace with taffeta trim: basque bodice of ivory satin; fitted; with 3/4 length sleeves; lace ruffle trim at collar and down CF and cuffs. Skirt of ivory satin; panel of lace at front, fullness at back to accommodate bustle; attached bustle drape of satin and lace buttons over CB; slight trim. Cape of ivory satin;…