Dress of Metallic Floral Brocade and Black Net

VC1992102

Dress of Metallic Floral Brocade and Black Net

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.

1915-1925

Clothing and dress

39 inches (chest), 35.5 inches (waist), 45.25 inches (center back length),

cotton

metal

silk

Physical Object

1910s

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VC1992102

Arden Kirkland 4/25/1993, 11/11/11, 2015-10-26

multi

black

39

35.5

45.25

39 inches (chest), 35.5 inches (waist), 45.25 inches (center back length),

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)

1915

1925

womenswear

costume

clothing

Evening Dresses

evening dress

Vassar Girls and Other Women

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.

excellent

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.

size 14, 1977

M5

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

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.

dress

floral patterns