Blue and white Stripe Day Ensemble
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992007
Title
Blue and white Stripe Day Ensemble
Description
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.
Date
1875 (circa)
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
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
Medium
linen
plastic
cotton
silk
synthetic fiber
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
1870s
1880s
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Source Identifier
VC1992007
Cataloguer with Date
Boesche, Thompson, Starr; 3/3/2010
Color Main
blue
Color Secondary
white
Dimensions Chest
32.75
Dimensions Waist
26.00
Dimensions CF Length
22.50
Dimensions CB Length
24.75
Hem Circumference
123
Dimensions Other
skirt CB length: 56 inchesskirt CF length: 38 inchesskirt waist: 24.5 inchesbodice CF: waist to hem 7 inches
Dimensions All
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
Date Earliest
1870
Date Latest
1880
Gender
womenswear
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Bustle Ensembles
Function
day wear
Condition Term
fair
Condition
Shattering. Missing a cuff and some buttons. Staining. Discoloration. Very fragile.
Storage Location
E10
Repository
Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Work Type
dress
Pattern
stripes
Comments