Bissonnette on Costume: Time Search: The Twentieth Century: 1900 to 1909

Bissonnette on Costume
Time Search; The Twentieth Century: 1900 to 1909
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
Kent State University Museum

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Lingerie dress, circa 1900.
White cotton batiste with inserts of machine-made lace.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0010

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Day dress, England, circa 1902.
Overlay of gray wool gauze and silk cording over red silk lining .
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0280ab

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Reception dress, England, circa 1902-1903.
Black silk tulle over black taffeta lining. Harlequin style trimmings of sequins and ivory silk satin.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0340a-c (dress),
KSUM 1996.058.0399 (tortoise hair comb)

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Lingerie dress, probably from the United States of America, circa 1907.
Princess seamed construction in white Battenburg and crocheted lace.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0005

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Day dress, United States of America, circa 1908.
Raspberry crepe with red chiffon neck piece and red soutache trimmings. Shown with a Chantilly lace shawl, black silk parasol, velvet purse and "picture" hat.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.58.182

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

The Right Chemistry: Colors in Fashion, 1704-1918
Flora and Fashion: Gardens Become Us!
Of Men & Their Elegance
The Hours of the Woman of Leisure
Centuries of Chilhood

Revised 05/29/07