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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"… in the collection’s solid brown two-piece bustle dress with plain sleeves and basque, plain bustle, with a large cut velvet floral motif on the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"The simple dress features a front closure with four large flat pearl buttons, waist level buckled belt, and a straight skirt with a single neat pleat…"

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…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"… made woven striped pink (now faded) silk dress with a spencer-like (jacket) bodice, an apron front skirt, and sets of flaring double pleats at the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… the collection's 1960s bouffant short prom dress and matching stole could fall into the category of garments based on a Dior design, and made under…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"… pocket blazer style jacket; and a dusty rose long dress with three button shoulder details, draped back cowl neckline and long sleeves labelled…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"Well-worn everyday dresses tend not to remain pristine, and are thus not saved, whereas the extreme and special occasion garments such as the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… to the extravagant excess of required royal court dress, and seen in her 1783 portrait by Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun (Metropolitan Museum of Art)."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"… trains, such as Lucia Wadsworth’s assembly dress, and some without, as seen in a straight hem gown from Buckfield."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"Women with even the most modest pocket books could afford dainty silk-like rayon underwear and nightdresses, as seen in Sears catalogues."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… the most elegant, and certainly unusual, evening dress in the collection is a Geoffrey Beene long gray wool A-line, high waist, sleeveless, square…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… crinolines include: a green and white warp print dress, with red and pink floral print, pagoda sleeves, and double layered skirt; a blue, black and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"Full-length Hollywood influenced gowns include a black chiffon with a spaghetti-strap bodice ornamented with a diamanté broach, flared hem skirt, and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… puffed upper sleeve, as does the collection's celadon green dress with a figured pink silk bodice and spreading collar trimmed with pink sequins."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… high necked olive green, long sleeved dinner dress is a study in subtle cut and fit, from unexpected multiple-pieced sleeves to the loose bodice…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"… owned a peach rayon full length georgette evening dress with machine lace detailing and featuring the same striking wide panel of machine lace…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"1900-1910 Ella May Clark's three-piece dress, Yarmouth, ca. 1901Maine Historical Society Of early 1900s contrasting fashions, one was defined…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"1890-1900 Green wool dress with red satin and black braid details, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society By about 1898, the sleeve had deflated…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… turquoise wool cape embroidered with a vine and trapunto-like grape border; and a heavy black wool with tab toggle closures, with a 1850s-1860s…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away

"… Fashions Far & Away Slide Show Imported garments and fabrics are an integral part of American fashion, and of the collection at Maine Historical…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"… of Asian raw silk for making silk yarn encouraged dress silk manufacturing, which became well established in the 1880s."

Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear

"… the Active & Casual Wear Slide Show The growing and changing range of outdoor and indoor activities pursued by the general populace increasingly…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"More elaborate examples include a rich brown and gold jacquard patterned dolman mantle, embellished with cord embroidery and long, dense fringe."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"… silk twill coat with a flat fold over closure and early full headed sleeves set very high at the back; a Longfellow family spencer or short jacket…"