{"id":218,"date":"2010-03-24T20:20:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T00:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/?p=218"},"modified":"2010-03-28T01:23:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T05:23:54","slug":"1879-graduation-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/2010\/03\/24\/1879-graduation-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"1879 Graduation Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised, here’s the first post of a series to share some of the objects that are candidates for our 5-day intensive stabilization workshop with Colleen Callahan, coming up in April. <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFrom 1984.001<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some notes about this object:<\/p>\n

This ivory silk taffeta bustle dress, trimmed with lace and satin ribbon, was worn by Sallie Tucker Blake at Vassar\u2019s commencement exercises of 1879. <\/p>\n

Bustled Bodice of ivory satin; fitted; with 3\/4 length sleeves; lace ruffle trim at collar and down CF and cuffs; <\/p>\n

Skirt of ivory satin; panel of lace at front, fullness at back to accommodate bustle; attached bustle drape of satin and lace buttons over CB; slight trim<\/p>\n

Cape of ivory satin; fringe trim along CF opening edges, hemline, and edge of collar; back panels cut on the bias, diagonal striped pattern picked out<\/p>\n

Small round buttons covered with off white crocheted trim
\nStraight seams machine sewn, all else = hand sewn
\nThin pads of cotton batting at front edge of armscye,
\nPatches of jersey with pinched edges under arms
\nApprox. 6\u201d wide stiff muslin (?) inside hem
\nSeparate underskirt of dark tan polished cotton and overskirt of satin
\nLong hanging wide satin ribbon trim on skirt back to right of bustle (hanging almost to hem)
\nSilk twill tape to finish edges of inside seams<\/p>\n

Condition issues: stain on front bodice; lace ripping on skirt, tears at center back near waist over bustle\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scroll down to see a slideshow of images of this object.<\/p>\n

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Should we stabilize this garment and exhibit it? Please leave a comment and weigh in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As promised, here’s the first post of a series to share some of the objects that are candidates for our 5-day intensive stabilization workshop with Colleen Callahan, coming up in April. From 1984.001 Here are some notes about this object: This ivory silk taffeta bustle dress, trimmed with lace and satin ribbon, was worn by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[351],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-stabilization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}