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Striped Silk Taffeta Skirt With Ruffle And Pocket (DEACCESSIONED)

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Identifier

VC2012052

Title

Striped Silk Taffeta Skirt With Ruffle And Pocket (DEACCESSIONED)

Description

Silk taffeta. Pocket on skirt. Ruffled hem. Striped, black.

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

23 inches (waist), 44 inches (hips), other measurements: length of fabric (B): 140"

Medium

silk

Type

Physical Object

Temporal Coverage

1880s
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

Alexandra Figler and Zoe Gross, 10/3/12

Technique

machine sewing
hand sewing

Dimensions Waist

23

Dimensions Hips

44

Dimensions Other

length of fabric (B): 140"

Dimensions All

23 inches (waist), 44 inches (hips), other measurements: length of fabric (B): 140"

Gender

womenswear

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Skirts

Condition Term

poor

Condition

The skirt is coming apart along its folds. The material is very brittle. The skirt is wrinkled. Water stains. Other stains. Tiny holes where the skirt appears to have been eaten through by pests. The skirt has been mended in some sections. Piece of the same fabric (B), over 11 feet in length, was found with the skirt.

Storage Location

Deaccession box?

Repository

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

Work Type

skirt
scrap

Pattern

stripes

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