Keywords: crinoline
Item 105495
Detachable sleeve crinoline dress, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1855
Media: silk, cotton, baleen, wool
This record contains 11 images.
Item 105500
Full crinoline dress with fringe, ca. 1859
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1859
Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 8 images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.
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.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4
"1850-1870 Detachable sleeve crinoline dress, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society One of the collection’s finest and widest crinolines is a boat…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4
"… this period's wide skirts became known as crinolines. The name derives from the French word crin meaning horsehair."
