Appendix C. A Sample Record in VRA Core Format*
Day Dress

 
W1. Work type: Costume
W2. Title:  Day dress - female
W3. Measurements: 57 inches (back length, from neck to hem)
A1. Quantity: 1
W4. Material: Wool
W4.1 Secondary material: Black velvet
W5. Technique: Black wool resist-printed with red and yellow rosebuds
A2. Color: Back color - black; Rosebuds - red and yellow
A3. Structure:
    Neckline - high round neck
    Sleeves - long shape and set into dropped shoulders and openings         
              edged with black velvet
    Shoulders - dropped shape and self piping edge
    Front - opening with jet buttons
    Bodices - F & B, gathering into set-in waist-band
    Waist-band - double box-pleats
    Skirts - full floor-length gored skirt and double box-pleated
	          into waist-band
    Hem - bound with horsehair braid
    Buttons - Jet
    Pattern - Black wool with red and yellow rosebuds
W6.1 Creator and role (designer):
W6.2 Creator and role (manufacturer):
W6.3 Creator and role (craftsperson):
W8.  Date: 1865?
W9.  Repository name: Kent State University Museum
W10. Repository place: Kent State University Museum, P. O. Box 5190,
     Kent, Ohio 44240
W11. Repository number: 1986.107.0003
W12. Current site: 200904 old 200905 Temp ex.bro, Rockwell Hall,
     Kent.
W14. Style/Period/Group/Movement: Day dress, 1861-1865
W15. Nationality/Culture: American
W16.1 Subject (personal name): Bente, Marie Eleanor, 18??-19?? 
    - Clothing  
      Subject (personal name): Albers, Gerhart Henry, 18??-19?? 
W16.2 Subject (corporate name): 
W16.3 Subject (topical term): Costume - United States - 
    History - 19th century (LCSH)
W16.4 Subject (index term): Women's day dress - 1860-1869
W16.5 Subject (faceted topical term): Women's main dress 
    - Majority of body -- Day Dress (ICOMV)
W17. Related works: Bonnet, 1986.107.0006; Paisley shawl,    
    1986.107.0005
W18. Relationship type: Accessories
W19.1  Notes (general): This dress, bonnet and shawl all belonged to
     Marie Eleanor Bente who married Gerhart Henry Albers in 1865.
	 Both families had emigrated from Germany around 1844.
	 Gerhart Albers served in the Union Army during the Civil War
	 and acted as a translator for German speaking troops. His
	 name is inscribed on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on
	 Public Square in Cleveland.
W19.1 Notes (general): Black wool resist-printed with red and yellow
     rosebuds; high round neck, long shaped sleeves set into dropped
	 shoulders edged with self piping, sleeve openings edged with
	 black velvet; front opening with jet buttons, F & B bodice
	 fullness gathered into set-in waist-band; full floor-length
	 gored skirt, double box-pleated into waist-band, hem bound
	 with horsehair braid.
W19.2  Notes (credit line): Credit gift of Miss Marie E. Albers.
W19.3  Notes (immediate source of acquisition): A Gift of Miss 
     Marie E. Albers in 1986.
W19.4  Notes (conservation): Excellent condition.
W19.5 Notes (provenance): Originally belonged to Marie Eleanor Bente
     who married Gerhart Henry Albers in 1865. The dress is thought
	 to have been part of her trousseau, and the shawl acquired
	 shortly after her marriage. Donated by their daughter Miss
	 Marie E. Albers to the Kent State University Museum in 1986.
W19.6 Notes (citation):
W19.7 Notes (exhibition): Exhibition:  "Costumes, Quilts, Coverlets,
     Continuing Traditions", Broadbent Gallery, 9/1994-8/1995.
W19.8 Notes (label or tag):

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