Striped Silk Taffeta Skirt With Ruffle And Pocket (DEACCESSIONED)
Dublin Core
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
Comments