Keywords: Velvet
Item 105513
Silk faille and cut velvet bustle dress, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Media: silk, cotton, velvet
Item 12154
Hotel Velvet, Old Orchard Beach, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative
Item 36659
49 Center Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Felice Giampetruzzi Use: Dwelling & Store
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
Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"Lush velvet fabrics were popular among the opera crowds.Opera attendees sought to mimic stage extravagance with top hats, tuxedos, floor length…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4
"… ground will be a dead, rep-like fabric, and the velvet figure will be quite large.” This fashion for contrasting plain and figured cut velvet…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4
"The skirt has deep pleats of velvet and taffeta along the hemline, and a short wine velvet basque adorned with eight round silk thread covered…"
Story
militakwat
by Jason Brown
A story about Jason Brown's orchestral debut, militakwat
Story
"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria
Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.
