Dress of Metallic Floral Brocade and Black Net
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992102
Title
Dress of Metallic Floral Brocade and Black Net
Description
Dress of light green silk georgette with black net overlay trimmed with panels and overskirt of flowered brocade with metallic threads.; Dress of mint green silk chiffon with black net overlay trimmed with panels and overskirt of flowered brocade with metallic threads. Bodice of green silk covered with shirred black net, square neckline, cap sleeves have layer of gold tone lace in between 2 layers of black net over green silk chiffon. Net undersleeves = above elbow length underarm where slit and net folded back, extending beyond elbow overarm. Back closure: hooks & eyes - ivory lining, snaps on chiffon and net. Waistband of brocade extends upwards to an asymmetrical point point at right front and right back. Shirred vertical net panel over right shoulder, and left entire bodice and shoulder. Shirred vertical net panel attached at each side in back, then falling and knitted together to form a V ending gold tone with balled fringe trim. Lining = ivory silk crepe. Net and green chiffon end in fine overlock type machine edge (not rolled). Other hems = turned and hand sewn. Brocade overskirt open at front to reveal net/chiffon panel, but forms entire back, draped slightly into asymmetrical poofs near knee length in back. Perspiration guards under arms. 2 1.25'' diameter metal weights sewn into hemline. Straight seams by machine, all else by hand.
Date
1915-1925
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
39 inches (chest), 35.5 inches (waist), 45.25 inches (center back length),
Medium
cotton
metal
silk
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
1910s
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Source Identifier
VC1992102
Cataloguer with Date
Arden Kirkland 4/25/1993, 11/11/11, 2015-10-26
Color Main
multi
Color Secondary
black
Dimensions Chest
39
Dimensions Waist
35.5
Dimensions CB Length
45.25
Dimensions All
39 inches (chest), 35.5 inches (waist), 45.25 inches (center back length),
References
Coates, 140 (1997)Moore, 172 (1919)Arnold, 1860-1940, 66 (c.1917-18)Bradfield, 351 (1919), 345-8 (1914)Waugh, The Cut of Women's Clothes, 289 (1921)
Date Earliest
1915
Date Latest
1925
Gender
womenswear
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Evening Dresses
Function
evening dress
Exhibitions
Vassar Girls and Other Women
Public Information
This dress is another example of the transition between the forms of the nineteenth and the twentieth century; it represents a moment right before the full achievement of fashion's focus on the body in motion. Here we begin to see some of the strong straight lines that are fully achieved in the Twenties, but the shirring of the net still retains some of the curves and bulk of earlier periods, and the figure is still somewhat static.
Condition Term
excellent
Treatment
Steamed on 2015-10-21 by Asia Howard and Esther Kim to prepare for display at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Displayed with a white silk slip.
Mannequin
size 14, 1977
Storage Location
M5
Repository
Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Exhibition Notes
18evening dress of metallic flowered brocade and black net, 1915-19251992.102This dress is another example of the transition between the forms of the nineteenth and the twentieth century; it represents a moment right before the full achievement of fashion's focus on the body in motion. Here we begin to see some of the strong straight lines that are fully achieved in the Twenties, but the shirring of the net still retains some of the curves and bulk of earlier periods, and the figure is still somewhat static.
Work Type
dress
Pattern
floral patterns
Comments