Blue and white Stripe Day Ensemble

VC1992007

Blue and white Stripe Day Ensemble

Blue and white Stripe taffeta Bustle Ensemble, 2 piece, bodice: fitted full length sleeves, skirt: full length with bustle; blue and white striped fine silk; blue silk; natural polished cotton; natural square weave linen; plastic button; beige synthetic hem tape; beige synthetic bias tape.silhouette: bustleA. bodice: princess seamed, striped silk; knife-pleated blue silk CB panel, fishtailing at hem, split at one side, may have been attached originally; long sleeves, blue silk knife-pleated ruffle (R sleeve only); piping at mandarin collar in blue silk; knife-pleated blue silk CF panel, 12 buttons; piping all along hemB. skirt: floor length, two-layered skirt; top layer has seven vertical blue silk appliques over striped silk extending waist to ruffle of overskirt; blue silk knife-pleated ruffle at hem of overskirt; underskirt has ruching; waistband of striped silk, button at CB, likely an addition; cartridge pleats in linen lining at waist in back; bottom foot lined in cotton.

1875 (circa)

Clothing and dress

32.75 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 22.5 inches (center front length), 24.75 inches (center back length), 123 inches (hem circumference), other measurements: skirt CB length: 56 inchesskirt CF length: 38 inchesskirt waist: 24.5 inchesbodice CF: waist to hem 7 inches

linen

plastic

cotton

silk

synthetic fiber

Physical Object

1870s

1880s

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VC1992007

Boesche, Thompson, Starr; 3/3/2010

blue

white

32.75

26.00

22.50

24.75

123

skirt CB length: 56 inchesskirt CF length: 38 inchesskirt waist: 24.5 inchesbodice CF: waist to hem 7 inches

32.75 inches (chest), 26 inches (waist), 22.5 inches (center front length), 24.75 inches (center back length), 123 inches (hem circumference), other measurements: skirt CB length: 56 inchesskirt CF length: 38 inchesskirt waist: 24.5 inchesbodice CF: waist to hem 7 inches

1870

1880

womenswear

costume

clothing

Bustle Ensembles

day wear

fair

Shattering. Missing a cuff and some buttons. Staining. Discoloration. Very fragile.

E10

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

dress

stripes