Black and Gold Beaded Dress
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992041
Title
Black and Gold Beaded Dress
Description
Beaded black netted dress over gold metallic organza lined with China silk.
Date
1915
Subject
Evening Dresses; 1910's; female
Extent
chest 40; waist 36; center front length 41.25; center back length 41.; full hips
Medium
cotton, silk, glass, metal
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
1910's
Rights
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Source Identifier
VC1992041
Dimensions Chest
40
Dimensions Waist
36
Dimensions CF Length
41.25
Dimensions CB Length
41.5
Dimensions Other
full hips
Dimensions All
chest 40; waist 36; center front length 41.25; center back length 41.; full hips
Label
Armpit guard 'none better garment saver/loshers/made in America/reg. US pat. off. opera shape flesh colorâ€
Gender
female
Category
Evening Dresses
Classification
Dress
Exhibitions
Condition Term
good
Condition
gold mesh chunks falling off, organza frayed at bottom, small holes in black netting, white beads breaking, beads falling off all over, tear at right shoulder, staining on inside lining
Mannequin
Colleen's hard with arms
Storage Location
L3
Repository
Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Exhibition Notes
This evening dress demonstrates just how women's fashion became more revealing and more liberating, reflecting the new independent lifestyles that women were living. The tubular, corset-less shape of this dress provided for a more natural silhouette like that which dress reform advocates had called for decades before. Unbound by restrictive undergarments, women were free to move and dance as they pleased in more practical and healthy attire. Though the beadwork of this dress has survived very well, many areas of net had deteriorated and had to be encapsulated in new netting. Loose pieces were reattached and reinforced, and tears in the skirt were repaired. Researched and Stabilized by Aleksandra Kolanko ‘12
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