Keywords: 1840s fashions
Item 105762
Iridescent shot silk bodice, ca. 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1848
Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 7 images.
Item 110368
Teenage Pamelia Emery's silk dress, Portland, ca. 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1847
Location: Portland
Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 7 images.
Exhibit
The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3
"… of plain and woven patterns predominate the 1840s examples. A not very skillfully sewn, gold woven leafy stripe silk dress with an almost-bloused…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3
"… puff lingered for a time, competing with the new 1840s straight sleeve. The same three gowns also illustrate 1830s bodice pleat and gather…"
