Keywords: Shawls
Item 100305
Russian silk shawl, Kupavno, Russia, 1804
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1804 Location: Kupavno; Portland Media: Silk
Item 105505
Two piece cape and shawl, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: silk, cotton
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.
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.
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860
"… Wide crinolines restricted outerwear to wraps, shawls, capes, and easy fitting garments such as a black and brown watered silk tassel trimmed cape…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844
"… a blue & red spotted Delane with a small plaided shawl blue white & Red a wide stripe of blue a narrow stripe of Red and the ground work white with…"