Full length cotton dress with lace decoration

VC2015004

Full length cotton dress with lace decoration

White, cotton floor length dress with lace decoration on bodice, sleeves and skirt; flared skirt with gathered ruffle; tucks at waist give skirt shape; band collar in lace; vertical lace panels on bodice front with horizontal lace strips on center front; long sleeves with button closures at wrist; horizontal lace strips on sleeves and small ruffles layered up the sleeve; diagonal lace strips on back of bodice meeting at bottom of center back; lace waistband at natural waist; button closures on center back of bodice; hook and eye closures on center back of skirt; large ruffle on bottom of skirt with horizontal lace strips.

J.B.F.

1900-1919

Clothing and dress

32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 57.5 inches (center front length), 57.5 inches (center back length), 106 inches (hem circumference), 8 inches (underarm to waist). other measurements: 14 inches (neck); 24 inches (shoulder to wrist).

cotton

lace

Physical Object

1900s

1910s

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Robin Piatt Stegman 5/19/2015

32

26

57.5

57.5

106

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14 inches (neck); 24 inches (shoulder to wrist).

32 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 57.5 inches (center front length), 57.5 inches (center back length), 106 inches (hem circumference), 8 inches (underarm to waist). other measurements: 14 inches (neck); 24 inches (shoulder to wrist).

1900

1919

costume

clothing

2015-02: freezer protocol - in freezer for 48 hours, out for 24 hours, back in for several days

2015-05-20: vacuumed thoroughly by Daisy Walker and Emily Goddard, especially to remove pet hair

N11

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

dress

bodice

skirt