Blue Floral Bodice with Bustle

VC2001165

Blue Floral Bodice with Bustle

blue floral china silk bodice w/dk. blue velvet cuff, bustle cover. blue silk brocade with white and black flower; deep cobalt velvet; blue polished cotton lining; cotton tapefitted bustle polonaiseblue velvet manderin-style collar, CF panels, hip band from edge of cener front panels to bustle, cuffs; fitted sleeves; front shaped with two darts; 11 buttonholes but no buttons at CF; shaped back with six pieces, the inner four of which continue with inverted pleats into bustled back panel held into poufs with an interior waist tape;

Clothing and dress

27 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 17 inches (center front length), other measurements: CB to bustle 17CB flat bustle length 17Hips along lower edge of band 40Collar 11.75Sleeve length 17.5

cotton

silk

Physical Object

1870s

1880s

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VC2001165

Starr, Tang, Turpin 2/26/2010

blue

27

24

17

CB to bustle 17CB flat bustle length 17Hips along lower edge of band 40Collar 11.75Sleeve length 17.5

27 inches (chest), 24 inches (waist), 17 inches (center front length), other measurements: CB to bustle 17CB flat bustle length 17Hips along lower edge of band 40Collar 11.75Sleeve length 17.5

girls' wear

costume

clothing

Childrenswear

childhood

fair

See Condition Report

D10

Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604

bodice

floral patterns