Bodice

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Bodice

Entry/Object ID

1982.27.3

Description

Bodice styled to look like a jacket over a blouse. The "jacket" portion is made of blue and black shot silk. The lapels and cuffs are trimmed in black velvet. It buttons up the center front with a row of 10 silver buttons. The buttons and pierced and molded into an Asiatic scene of people near a building under a crescent moon. The "blouse" portion is white silk trimmed around the high collar and down the center front with lace. The front hem is slightly pointed, and there is a small tail at the center back.

Context

Worn by Josephine Pratt Guernsey of Northfield, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1982.27

Source or Donor

Mowbray, Barbara Heple (1925-2000)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Bodice

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Silk, Silver, Cotton

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bodice

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Guernsey, Josephine Pratt (1858-1940)

Related Places

Place

Town

Northfield

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America