COLLECTION NAME:
Historic Costume Collection
Record
Object Name:
Ensemble
Collection Title:
Historic Costume Collection
Designer:
Berk, Ilona
Designer.Information:
Berk, Ilona (born in Czechoslovakia August 24, 1918-December 6, 2013, Lincoln, Nebraska)
Donor:
James Berk
Location.Repository:
Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Location.City:
Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
Photo Credit:
Tom Slocum
Decade:
1960s
Date Photographed:
September 25,2015
Category:
Clothing
Class:
Main
Subclass:
Ensemble
User/Wearer:
Womenswear
Provenance:
This garment was owned by Ilona Beck (1918-2013) a professional dress maker, the donor's mother. Beck was born in Czechoslovakia and was a Holocaust survivor. She lived most of her life in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Place of Origin:
United States, Nebraska
Object Description:
Matching cream floral brocade jacket and skirt. Jacket back features two rows of ruffles that fall from upper back yoke.
Description of View:
Right side
Primary Color:
Cream
Fabric Structure:
Jacquard
Garment Components:
Jacket, Skirt
Structural Design:
Front jacket hem finishes in the shape of a convex curve and is shorter than the hem length at jacket back. Fullness at jacket back created by two tiers of gathered fabric that drop from back yoke.
Neck Treatment:
Rolled
Fabric Design:
Floral / Foliage
Skirt:
Knee length
Sleeve:
Elbow length
Accession Number:
UNL Historic Costume Collection 2014.003.043
Collection Information:
Digital collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Image Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Historic Costume Collection
