Keywords: 1800s garment
Item 105479
Slender cotton gown, Buckfield, ca. 1805
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1805
Location: Buckfield
Media: cotton
This record contains 4 images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2
"… tubular silhouette (last popular in the early 1800s). Visibly appearing less restrictive than earlier fashions, reform dress was, nevertheless…"
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"… in the North Village manufactured a patented garment hanger that he invented. Many of these items were sold in the Eastern part of the country."
