{"id":330,"date":"2010-05-12T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/?p=330"},"modified":"2010-05-10T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T20:58:42","slug":"brown-silk-teagown-treatment-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hcpw\/2010\/05\/12\/brown-silk-teagown-treatment-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown silk teagown – Treatment Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ACCESSION# 1992.107
\nTITLE Brown silk dress with v-neck insert
\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION Dress of rust colored satin.\u00a0 Empire waistline.\u00a0 .75 length shirred sleeve with hanging cuffs.\u00a0 Full length skirt with train.<\/p>\n

CONDITION OF ITEM
\nLace added in between neckline and original lace inset
\nChiffon ruffles and sleeves shattering
\nChiffon portion of sleeves missing a china silk lining
\nStays detaching from collar
\nRibbon trim beginning to shatter and detaching from neckline
\nReinforcement glued and tacked to skirt front bottom
\nTrain hemmed up
\nMissing some hooks and eyes<\/p>\n

TREATMENT PROPOSAL
\nLet down train to original length
\nRemove added lace at collar
\nReattach stays to collar
\nBack lace collar with conservation net
\nPut dress on form to asses lay of neckline\/and reattach lace as appropriate
\nMake replacement lining for chiffon portion of sleeves
\nSteam out ruffles and reinforce with conservation net
\nRetack trim to neckline
\nReplace missing hooks and eyes
\nWill not attempt to reverse the reinforcement glued onto skirt front<\/p>\n

TREATMENT.REPORT
\nRemoved added lace at collar. Put on form and discovered that the collar fit neatly with the original lace remaining inside the neckline. Surmised that the lace had simply been
\ncut out. Backed original lace with conservation neck, leaving enough extra conservation net around the edges so that the lace collar could be stitched back into the neckline
\nabutting the original lace inside the dress. Covered silk band at top of collar with net.
\nReplaced missing hooks and eyes and reinforced hooks and eyes that were coming loose.
\nPut dress on a form again to pin the collar into the neckline as it originally lay. Stitched the lace collar back into the neckline.
\nDiscovered some tearing in the silk by the front hooks and in the sleeves along the armscye. Used hair silk to sew up tears.
\nDiscovered alterations in bodice. Was taken in at side seams and darts were added at center front. Let out one dart at center front and found that the needle had left
\nsignificant holes in the silk. Decided with input of Colleen Callahan that the benefits of restoring the garment to its original state did not outweigh the downside of unsightly
\nneedle holes, and restitched dart. Noted that the front bodice piece had been gathered into the waistband creating somewhat of a pigeon-breasted effect, but that the dart
\neliminated that portion of the bodice.
\nLet down the train where it had been hemmed up.
\nPut the dress on the form again. Noted that the center front was mostly covered by the collar and ties and the underarms were mostly covered by the sleeves. Determined that
\nthe dress\u2019s later alterations could be let out without detracting from the overall look. This would have the added benefit of restoring the original pigeon breasted silhouette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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