COLLECTION NAME:
Historic Costume Collection
Record
Object Name:
Dress
Collection Title:
Historic Costume Collection
Donor:
Katie Best
Location.Repository:
Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Location.City:
Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
Photo Credit:
Orville Friesen
Date (circa):
1870
Decade:
1870s
Date Photographed:
2011
Category:
Clothing
Class:
Main
Subclass:
Dress
User/Wearer:
Women's
Object Description:
Two piece brown bustle day dress. Bodice extended front and back, rises at sides. Black lace cuff and collar. Bow at center front neckline and center back waistline. Buttons down center front. Bustle falls from extended bodice at back. Skirt with tiers of ruching and pleating.
Description of View:
Detail view of back of dress showing bow at center back waistline, extended back of bodice and part of bustle
Primary Color:
Brown
Fabric Structure:
Taffeta
Surface Design:
Black lace trim, Bows, Buttons. Horizontal pleating on peplum. Ruching and pleating on skirt
Garment Components:
Bodice; Skirt
Dimensions.Chest:
17 in.
Dimensions.Waist:
28 in.
Dimensions.Back Shoulder Width:
15.5 in.
Dimensions.Back Length:
Bodice: 15 in.
Skirt:
Floor length bustle
Accession Number:
UNL Historic Costume Collection 2010.003.016
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
Historic Costume Collection
