Dark Blue Ensemble with Crocheted Lace
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992125
Title
Dark Blue Ensemble with Crocheted Lace
Description
Dark blue crepe two-part dress with crocheted lace insets and black and green pleat details; band collar neckline; open front pleated bodice with crochet insets at collar and bust; hook and eye closures center front and back waist; taffeta bias tape trim in green and black center front; elbow length puff sleeves with crochet and taffeta cuffs; smocking; skirt of crepe and lace with hook and eye closures at center back waist; triangular yolk of lace in front; lace strips not backed; tucks from waist to hipline. ; ensemble of dark blue with ecru crocheted lace(day) 2 piece - navy blue crepe + ecru crocheted lace w/ taffeta bias tape trim in green + black; (a) bodice of crepe + lace has boned standing collar which attaches to neckline w/ hooks/eyes; gathered at panel @ CF closes with only a few hooks/eyes tp cover actual CF hook/eye closures; rest of bodice in tucks, elbow length puff sleeves w/ crocheted lace trim cuff;(b) skirt of crepe and lace w/ hook/eye closure @ waist CB; triangular yoke of lace; 2 side lace panels continue throughout back, lace strips not backed; tucks from waist to hipline; train
Date
1905 (circa)
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
25 inches (waist), 67.75 inches (center back length), other measurements: 15 inches (center back B); 52.75 inches (center back A); 41 inches (center front A); 27.5 inches (waist B); 25 inches (waist A)
Medium
crepe
crochet
lace
metal
silk
taffeta
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
United States
Temporal Coverage
1900s
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Source Identifier
VC1992125
Cataloguer with Date
Arden Kirkland 4/11/1993
Color Main
navy blue
Color Secondary
cream
green
black
Technique
machine sewing
hand sewing
lace making
tucks
Closure Type
hooks and eyes
Closure Placement
center front closure
Collar
band collar
Structure Sleeves
puff sleeve
Sleeve Length
elbow-length sleeve
Structure Waist
natural waistline
Structure Skirt
gored skirt
Structure Hem
floor length
Dimensions Waist
25
Dimensions CB Length
67.75
Dimensions Other
15 inches (center back B); 52.75 inches (center back A); 41 inches (center front A); 27.5 inches (waist B); 25 inches (waist A)
Dimensions All
25 inches (waist), 67.75 inches (center back length), other measurements: 15 inches (center back B); 52.75 inches (center back A); 41 inches (center front A); 27.5 inches (waist B); 25 inches (waist A)
References
Warrell, Estelle Ansley 'American Costume: 1840-1920â€Harrisburg: Stockpile Books, 1979 - p. 146, fig. 236Wilcox, 350-1; Contini, 270; Waugh, 'Cutâ€, diagram LXII, p. 280Halle, 89 (1904) of ter? dress; Bourlen, 397; 4.7; Batterberry, 261; Moore, 154
Date Earliest
1900
Date Latest
1910
Culture
American
Gender
womenswear
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Day Ensembles
Function
day wear
Exhibitions
Vassar Girls and Other Women
Public Information
This dress is a later, more 'feminine' approach to public situations of the early 1900's and is more appropriate for a spring or summer casual setting. It might have been worn for an afternoon garden party, where those in attendance would have been friends and family with whom the wearer could feel comfortable with shorter sleeves and a lighter weight dress. Such short sleeves and more delicate lines reflect not only the possibility of a more private occasion, but also the changes that took place in attitudes toward those elements between the 1880's and the 1900's, a period of transition between the nineteenth century covering and decoration in order to elaborate upon the female body versus the later twentieth century celebration of the less covered female body.
Condition Term
fair
Condition
a--frayed bodice, hole in left shoulder fabricskirt: small hole of CF slighlty below hipline, hemline = fraying in some placesbodice: bring broken in standing collar, green + black at CF coming loose
Mannequin
1992.125.ab
Storage Location
P10
Repository
Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Exhibition Notes
3afternoon dress of navy blue crepe with ecru crocheted lace, c. 19031992.125abThis dress is a later, more 'feminine' approach to public situations of the early 1900's and is more appropriate for a spring or summer casual setting. It might have been worn for an afternoon garden party, where those in attendance would have been friends and family with whom the wearer could feel comfortable with shorter sleeves and a lighter weight dress. Such short sleeves and more delicate lines reflect not only the possibility of a more private occasion, but also the changes that took place in attitudes toward those elements between the 1880's and the 1900's, a period of transition between the nineteenth century covering and decoration in order to elaborate upon the female body versus the later twentieth century celebration of the less covered female body.
Work Type
dress
Comments
Bailey Strauss