Bissonnette on Costume: Time Search: Nineteenth Century: 1800-1829

Bissonnette on Costume
Time Search: The Nineteenth Century: 1800 to 1829
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
Kent State University Museum

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Evening dress, probably from England, circa 1805.
White mull cotton dress embroidered with silver thread in a neoclassical mode.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.27

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Evening dress, probably from England or possibly France, circa 1805-1812.
Sea green and gold pattern-weave silk embroidered with silk thread, beads and sequins.
Kent State University Museum
Collection of the Allen Art Museum, Oberlin, Museum purchase, 1949.
KSUM L1995.17.63

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Redingote/walking dress, United States of America, circa 1807-1822.
Cherry red redingote/walking dress of silk and mohair ottoman trimmed with satin bands. Shown with a mustard yellow kanikar Kashmir shawl. Twill-tapestry/espoliné weave in wool. India, circa 1810-1820.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.29 (dress)
KSUM 1983.1.2233 (shawl)

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Dress, United States of America, circa 1810.
Empire style white cotton gauze dress with long sleeves with tiered shirring and scalloped and embroidered hem. Shown with a stole of Ayrshire embroidery.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.1885 (dress)
KSUM 1983.1.1312 (stole)

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Dress, circa 1825.
White cotton gauze empire dress with yellow silk suspenders and wrist bands. Yellow cotton embroidery on hem. Shown with a black wool turnover Kashmir shawl from circa 1810-1830.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.31a-d (dress)
KSUM 1983.1.1547 (shawl)

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Dress, circa 1829.
White cotton gauze dress with imbecile sleeves and whitework embroidery at the hem.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.43

For more information on early nineteenth-century fashion,
please visit the website of the exhibitions

The Age of Nudity
Hair: The Rise of Individuality 1790-1840
The Right Chemistry: Colors in Fashion, 1704-1918
An Eye for Design: 18th & 19th Century Fashion and Decorative Arts
Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790-1840
Flora & Fashion: Gardens Become Us!
Of Men & Their Elegance
Centuries of Chilhood

Revised 05/29/07