Wedding Dress of Isabel Miller Board
Dublin Core
Identifier
IP2012001
Title
Wedding Dress of Isabel Miller Board
Description
Two piece dress of tan brocade with light blue accents and satin ribbon of light blue and brown; hourglass silhouette. Bodice (a) is boned; band collar closes at center back with metal hooks and eyes; leg o'mutton sleeves; four back princess seams, two side seams, fitted panels on each side with brown stain ribbon in v-shape on bodice front and back, center front gathered panels closing over separate fitted lining with metal hook and eye closures; bows at center front and center back waist, wrists, shoulders, and neck; natural straight waist; twisted edging of brocade and brown stain at waist; dress shields in both sleeves. Skirt (b) is gored with pleated back; floor-length; hook and eye closures at center back; bows of light blue and brown ribbons at front left.
Creator
Mme. E. Saunders
Date
1895
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
30.5 inches (chest), 24.5 inches (waist), 34 inches (hips),
Medium
brocade
ribbon
satin
silk
boning
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Hardinsburg
Breckinridge
Kentucky
United States
Temporal Coverage
1890s
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Referenced By
For Better and For Worse
Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Source Identifier
IP2012001
Color Main
tan
Color Secondary
brown
blue
Technique
hand sewing
princess seams
A
bodice
B
skirt
Structure Silhouette
hourglass
Structure Cut
straight
Closure Type
hooks and eyes
Collar
band collar
Structure Torso
princess seams
center front gathered panel
Structure Sleeves
leg-of-mutton sleeve
Structure Waist
natural waistline
Structure Skirt
gored skirt
Structure Hem
floor length
Structure Lining
partial lining
Costume Component
lining
Dimensions Chest
30.5
Dimensions Waist
24.5
Dimensions Hips
34
Dimensions All
30.5 inches (chest), 24.5 inches (waist), 34 inches (hips),
Label
"Made specially for Mme E. Saunders,/ Fashionable Dressmaking,/ Louisville, KY./ c-m/ 3" printed on left dress shield
Wearer
Isabel Miller Board
Date Earliest
1895
Date Latest
1895
Culture
American
Gender
womenswear
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Wedding
Exhibitions
For Better and For Worse, Spring 2013
Public Information
This dress was worn by Isabel Miller, grandmother of Isabel Plambeck (Vassar class of 1962) and Mary Agnes Norman (Vassar class of 1959) and mother of Isabel Board Foshee (Vassar class of 1931), for her wedding to Milton Board in Hardinsburg, Kentucky in 1895.
Condition Term
very good
Treatment
A foam mannequin was carved to accommodate the lower, smaller waistline, then the mannequin was padded with batting to match the size of dress. A cotton knit cover was placed over the padding, and a full petticoat was dressed on the mannequin to help support the skirt.
Mannequin
Margo
Repository
Collection of Isabel Plambeck, Vassar Class of 1962
Completeness of Record
complete
Work Type
dress
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