Keywords: Pleats
Item 105761
Brocade silk dress with pleated puffed sleeves, Windham, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Windham Media: silk, cotton, metal
Item 105695
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Media: silk, cotton
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.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4
"… blue, taffeta with a combination of knife pleats, side and back double box pleats and a double pointed bodice; and a reddish-brown and green…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4
"… for its very full skirt made with double box pleats on the front and sides, and triple box pleats at center back; and second, for bands of…"
