Bissonnette on Costiume: Time Search: The Nineteenth Century: 1877 to 1882

Bissonnette on Costume
Time Search; The Nineteenth Century: 1877 to 1882
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
Kent State University Museum

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Day dress, circa 1875-1882.
White machine-made lace afternoon dress.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.58.12ab

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Walking suit, England or United States of America, circa 1880-1883.
Black silk faille with navy silk velvet front panel, skirt and trimmings.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.00197ab

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

The Right Chemistry: Colors in Fashion, 1704-1918
An Eye for Design: 18th & 19th Century Fashion and Decorative Arts
Flora and Fashion: Gardens Become Us!
Of Men & Their Elegance
The Hours of the Woman of Leisure
Centuries of Chilhood