Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Made from a figured silk, the front and side panels from this 1840s-style teal blue bodice do not survive, exposing an under-lining once applied for warmth. The wadded lining also created a smooth pigeon-breasted bodice shape, fashionable at the time. The removed fabric was apparently used to make a new ca. 1880s bodice. It is likely the earlier and later bodices both corresponded to matching skirts, made from the same silk. Neither matching skirt, which unfortunately did not survive.
About This Item
- Title: Incomplete bodice, ca. 1845
- Creation Date: circa 1845
- Subject Date: circa 1845
- Location: ME
- Media: silk, linen, metal
- Local Code: 1993.300.1174.2
- Collection: Costume collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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Bodice made from reused 1840s silk, ca. 1880
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