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):
1920
Decade:
1920s
Date Photographed:
2011
Category:
Clothing
Class:
Main
Subclass:
Dress
User/Wearer:
Women's
Object Description:
Sheer black dress of devore (burnout) velvet. Dropped waist. Attached belt. Beaded panel down center front. Pleating along back shoulders and at side waist. Three-quarter length sleeve, pleating at bottom of armhole. Black underdress/slip
Description of View:
Detail view of back of dress showing waistband and skirt
Primary Color:
Black
Fabric Structure:
Organdy; Velvet
Surface Design:
Devore (burnout) velvet, beading, pleating
Garment Components:
Dress; Underdress
Dimensions.Chest:
20 in.
Dimensions.Waist:
40 in.
Dimensions.Back Shoulder Width:
14.5 in.
Dimensions.Back Length:
Bodice: 22 in. (Front length of entire dress: 46 in.)
Skirt:
Length: 24 in.
Sleeve:
Length: 17.5 in.
Accession Number:
UNL Historic Costume Collection 2007.004.013
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
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