Keywords: 1880s dress
Item 105516
Taffeta and velvet bustle dress ensemble, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Location: Newcastle
Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 11 images.
Item 105305
Annie Corbett's beaded fancy occasion dress, Portland, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Location: Machiasport; Portland
Media: silk, cotton, glass, metal
This record contains 15 images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical
Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade
A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4
"In the late 1880s, the bustle simplified in shape and disappeared by 1890. As fashions moved towards the next century, skirts lost the over layers…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4
"Some 1880s basques (seen in some of the collection's wedding dresses) are long, but not as long as the example just described, and sweep back over…"
