Detail View: Historic Costume Collection: Historic Costume Collection

Object Name: 
Dress
Collection Title: 
Historic Costume Collection
Donor: 
UNL Theatre Arts Department
Location.Repository: 
Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Location.City: 
Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
Photo Credit: 
Orville Friesen
Date (circa): 
1940
Decade: 
1940s
Date Photographed: 
2011
Category: 
Clothing
Class: 
Main
Subclass: 
Dress
User/Wearer: 
Women's
Copyright Information: 
http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Object Description: 
Rose pink polyester day dress. Black curved design element at front neck and left hip. Curved 'V' neckline. Shoulder pads. Three-quarter sleeve with cuff. Narrow pleats on low left hip below black applique
Description of View: 
Detail view of back of dress showing upper part, sleeves, waist and top of skirt
Primary Color: 
Pink
Fabric Structure: 
basket weave polyester
Surface Design: 
Applique. Pleating
Hem Type: 
straight
Neckline: 
Curved 'V'
Dimensions.Chest: 
19 in.
Dimensions.Waist: 
32 in.
Dimensions.Back Shoulder Width: 
18.5 in.
Dimensions.Back Length: 
44.5 in.
Sleeve: 
Three-quarter sleeve
Accession Number: 
UNL Historic Costume Collection TH2004.006.030
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
Filesize: 
488880 Bytes
Filename: 
1569.jpg
MIMEtype: 
image/jpeg
Imagesize: 
1842 x 1787