COLLECTION NAME:
Historic Costume Collection
Record
Object Name:
Dress
Collection Title:
Historic Costume Collection
Donor:
Virginia Watson
Location.Repository:
Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Location.City:
Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
Photo Credit:
Orville Friesen
Decade:
1940s
Date Photographed:
2011
Category:
Clothing
Class:
Main
Subclass:
Dress
User/Wearer:
Women's
Label:
Vionnet Adaptation Paris
Object Description:
Long black dress with black dotted Swiss netting overlay. Long dotted Swiss sleeve gathered onto ruched cuff. Heat set micro pleated dotted Swiss ruffle at neck. Black underlining is cut into irregular serrated outline at armholes, front neckline and deep rounded 'V' at back. Self fabric dotted Swiss belt with rhinestone fastening at center front
Description of View:
Detail view of front of dress showing skirt and belt
Primary Color:
Black
Fabric Structure:
Dotted Swiss and plain weave
Surface Design:
Micropleating. Gathering. Serrated contour of underdress. Rhinestone finding
Dimensions.Chest:
20 in.
Dimensions.Waist:
38 in.
Dimensions.Back Shoulder Width:
19 in.
Dimensions.Back Length:
Bodice: 17 in. {Front length bodice: 10 in.]
Skirt:
Length: 42 in.
Sleeve:
Long sleeve
Accession Number:
UNL Historic Costume Collection 1985.003.002
Subject:
Costume (mode of fashion) ;Clothing ;Dresses (garments)
Collection Information:
Digital collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Image Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Image Date:
2013
