Object class: Skirts (garments) / Function: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Skirts (garments) Function 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes

Hearst Museum object titled Blouse and skirt, accession number 7-7169a,b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bodice and skirt, accession number 7-7290a,b, described as a.) bodice - cummerbund effect with three tucks, rounded point in front. Front decorated with three appliqued panels. bodice made of embroidered net, decorated with silk (the reverse of the skirt). Neckline is loose falling chiffon petals with clear sequin beads (metallic, crystal, pearlescent) with drawstring cord. bodice fastens in back with hooks and eyes. Elbow length sleeves with large panels of silk trimmed with net, lace edging. Decorative knots on outside of sleeve with silk fringe and smaller knots. Center back has bow of waistline fabric with sequin and beaded medallions, more fringe, knotting and macrame in 3 textures and colors (cream and ivory) front 13", back 10.5" b.) skirt - crepe de chine, cuts with embroidered net to give insert illusion, appliques to simulate insertion. lining with 2 flounces of sheer silk plainweave, pleated flounce of silk taffeta. Long train. Decorative darts at sides and back down to hip line in 1/2 ". Fastens center back with hook and eye, snaps. small slits in top of skirt. Front waist to hem 40", back 59.5

Hearst Museum object titled Bodice and skirt, accession number 7-7278a,b, described as Dress made of two pieces in silk. Waist and skirt are printed damask, taffeta underskirt with lace, chiffon and velvet trim. White ground with purple, black, yellow and green designs and a white underskirt. Floral motifs. a.) bodice - dips to 'v' in center front, boning in front and back. Hish neckline tulle and silk chiffon, violet silk, velvet ribbon edge (2 bands 5/8") with embroideredwith white small twist thread. Cream silk, printed in yelloe, breen, purples, floral pattern of roses, buds, violets, leaves, stems. Black dots large at bottom of pattern, smaller and dispersed at top. Full 3/4" trimmed with eggshell chiffon. Center bodice of chiffon, large pieces of hand-made pillow lace. Applique black lace motif resembling grapes on either breast. Fastened in back with silver-colored hooks and eyes. Piped waist, ruffle of lace goes over the shoulders (like a pinafore). 4 appliqued violet flower scattered on bodice. b.) skirt- same printed fabric, lace appliques 8-10" above hem, goes around skirt with pennant of crew lace and medallion of crew lace, edged on bottom with scallop of black lace. (4 in total). Pleated front, loose pleats about 1/2" deep int o center. 4 lace appliques down front (2 large 2 small) and black grape-like motifs. Lined in weighted silk taffeta. Knotted bow with 4 streamers in silk chiffon at center back. 3 hooks in waist to fasten skirt to bodice. Hem lined with satin ribbon (cream) to protect hem from wear. Lining has 2 deep flounces trimmed with small ruffle of taffeta.

Hearst Museum object titled Bodice and skirt, accession number 7-7280a,b, described as Youthful party dress: bodice and skirt ~1896-7 a.) bodice of watered silk taffeta with pink and yellow rose pattern with green leaves and stems. machine embroidered with tiny black stitches. Lined with iridescent rosy coral/grey taffeta. Boning in front and back, applied tape on the inside. Waist has 'cummerbund' effect, three large tucks. Low neckline, trimmed with rose and rosebud lace (same as skirt). Small ruffle of Valenciens-type lace (linen) making "v' in front. Fastens with hooks and eyes. Very full sleeves end at elbow with flounce and tulle, Valenciens- type edging, same lace decor as skirt. b.) Skirt - same fabric, small double ruffle of same fabric at hem, cut cut apply band of lace just above hem with roses and rose buds, backed with silk chiffon. Tiny train. Lined in same iridescent taffeta with double flounce at bottom, one in pinked. Fastens at center back with hooks and eyes.

Hearst Museum object titled Dress and skirt, accession number 7-7191a,b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Dress: bodice and skirt, accession number 7-7283a,b, described as two piece dress, silk a)Bodice, cream colored weighted silk lining is cut out. Full elbow length sleeves. Bodice fastens center front with a slight V and elevated above the natural waistline in the back. The color of the dress fabric is a luscious olive. Metallic silver, gold and a dull gray brown passementerie is used to trim the neck and create a tab fretwork down the front. The neckline, down the front is filled with a double ruffle of ecru embroidered net. The neck and the bands over the shoulders are made out of green cord, laid in a lace-like pattern, accentuated with crests and circles of dark and light green embroidery. A double ribbon rosette on either side, in the front, centered with a button featuring a cross motif is above the natural bust-line. Two such embellishments fall onto the skirt on the front and one in the center back. The sleeves are decorated with two vertical tucks and the cuff is trimmed with the same passementerie as used on the front of the bodice. One of the embroidered circles used in the cord decoration and a different flounce in an embroidered net in ecru. Two hooks in the inside back of the bodice will fasten the bodice to the skirt. The waistband is pleated, cummerbund like of dark green, plain-weave silk. b)Skirt with train. Forest, sea foam, green silk lining was cut out. The front is decorated with twin panels of passementerie, laid out in a tab-like pattern to harmonize with what is in the bodice. The two eyes that would receive the hooks from the bodice to hold the garment in place are still present. The hem is finished with one inch horsehair to protect the garment from wear. Even though the lining has been removed from this garment, it is still in good condition.

Hearst Museum object titled Dress: bodice and skirt with parts, accession number 7-7289a-f, described as c.1905? a) bodice - "Pitt, Piccadilly W." on waistband center back. Light tan wool flannel. Fastens down center front. Decorated profusely with ecru colored lace edging and embroidered net lace. Bands of finely tucked ecru colored taffeta decorate front and back shoulder line. Used as tiny panels on lower front and create portion sleeves. High neck and decorative neckline trimmed with grey velveteen ribbon and series of crepe du chine covered buttons that match garment color, decorate bodice front and neckline. Silk taffeta waistband dips to small point in front, is above natural waist in back, appliqued embroidered net medallion center back. Bodice front has tree decorative tuckings on either side and five decorative tuckings in back from arms to waist. Sleeves removed. Cream colored silk taffeta, shattering.Three hooks center back to attach skirt shoulder to waist 19", 13.5" neck b) Skirt is plain, same flannel, unlined. Three bands of machine stitching where hem is turned up, about 2.5" from bottom hem. Very soiled. Three thread covered eyes on outside of waistband to connect to hooks in bodice. 3-4 small holes from insect damage. Hem to waist front 37", hem to waist back 45.5" C-F.)Top of sleeve full decorated with two lozenge insertions of embroidered net and one small rectangle of embroidered net in between. Lower sleeve made of tucked taffeta has insertion of embroidered net running around hem and to edge where it would have been originally joined to flannel portion. Bottom hem in finished with grey velveteen ribbon.

Hearst Museum object titled Jacket and dress: bodice, and skirt, accession number 7-7284a-c, described as Pieces a, b and c made of an iridescent silk taffeta, changeable from brown to maroon, with tones of blue. b) The bodice has elbow length sleeves that are trimmed at the hem with a band of machine made embroidered lace edging, under, which is a small flounce of silk net. The neckline is high and wired, and is decorated with horizontal bands of thread of single thread embroidery. The neckline is filled with the same embroidered net edging as the sleeves. The bottom of the neckline is completed with gathered silk netting. A triple pleated flange, edged in self same piping decorates the v-neck over the shoulders and to the waist, front and back. A sleeve cap features a band of self same piping. The inner flange is embroidered in teal blue and brown silk (artificial?) floss. Stylized leaves are done in satin stitch, most of the embroidery in blue, is just and outline that is couched down in brown and there is brown chain stitching at the very edge. Something is missing at the bottom of the bodice, there are loose threads and clipped net. a) Jacket. Same fabric, long sleeves. Deep cuff on the sleeves. No collar. Edges of the neck and around the hem are decorated with inch and a half bands of teal blue and brown embroidery that has been applied to brown silk tulle. The trim is further decorated with soutache braid set on edge, undulating through open areas. Larger decorative panels of the embroidery and soutache are appliqued from the shoulders down the front and down the back. There are three panels of embroidery in the back of the jacket. The center panel is about the same panel, is about the same size as the central panel of the skirt, so they would move similarly as the wearer walked. The jacket fastens in the front with two hooks and eyes. c) Skirt. Fastens in the back. Has a label on the waist, proper left in back. Asymmetrical panel in the front, curving up to an asymmetrically placed button. Button is decorated with teal blue and brown embroidery thread. The waistband is cream colored twill. The skirt is lined in a brown satin.

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