Cream Wedding Dress of Leontine Kennedy McPhillips
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2007023
Title
Cream Wedding Dress of Leontine Kennedy McPhillips
Description
Dress of cream silk crepe-back satin; drop-waist silhouette; bodice blouses slightly; long sleeves are angled to extend longer on the lower outer edge and have snap closures on the lower inner edge; bateau neckline; four short decorative seams that extend up from the center front seam at the dropped waist; hip level yoke forms a v-shape at the center back; skirt is flared, just below knee length in the front, longer in the back; extra panel of fabric on the right side of the skirt, with two layers, gathered into the lower dropped waist seam.
Date
1929
Subject
Clothing and dress
Relation
http://vcomeka.com/vccc/items/show/1184; http://vcomeka.com/vccc/items/show/1186; http://vcomeka.com/vccc/items/show/1185; For Better and For Worse
Extent
32 inches (chest), 27 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 36 inches (center front length), 47 inches (center back length), other measurements: sleeve length: 22
Medium
crepe
satin
silk
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
New York
United States
Temporal Coverage
1920s
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Referenced By
For Better and For Worse
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
Source Identifier
VC2007023
Color Main
cream
Technique
machine sewing
Structure Silhouette
drop-waist
Structure Neckline
boat neck
Sleeve Length
long sleeve
Structure Waist
dropped
Structure Skirt
flared skirt
Structure Hem
mid calf length
Dimensions Chest
32
Dimensions Waist
27
Dimensions Hips
32
Dimensions CF Length
36
Dimensions CB Length
47
Dimensions Other
sleeve length: 22
Dimensions All
32 inches (chest), 27 inches (waist), 32 inches (hips), 36 inches (center front length), 47 inches (center back length), other measurements: sleeve length: 22
Wearer
Leontine Kennedy McPhillips, Vassar class of 1926
Donor
Mary Lee Hartzell
Date Earliest
1929
Date Latest
1929
Culture
American
Gender
womenswear
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Wedding
Function
wedding clothes
Exhibitions
For Better and For Worse, Spring 2013
Public Information
This cream wedding dress was donated by Mary Lee Hartzell, class of 1953. Mary Lee's mother, Leontine Kennedy McPhillips, class of 1926, wore the dress in her 1929 marriage. The dress was donated along with Mary Lee's own wedding dress, her sister's wedding dress, and her daughter's wedding dress.
Condition Term
excellent
Condition
no damage
Treatment
A simple mannequin was rebuilt to size, formed from a wooden 2 x 4 center support, form padded with batting, and a muslin cover. Arms of batting were inserted to fill out the sleeves.
Mannequin
Leontine
Storage Location
P1
Repository
Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Lee Hartzell, VC Class of 1953
Work Type
dress
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