Bissonnette on Costume: Time Search: The Nineteenth Century: 1910 to 1919

Bissonnette on Costume
Time Search; The Twentieth Century: 1910 to 1919
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
Kent State University Museum

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Wedding dress and shoes, Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America, 1910.
Cream colored gauze and charmeuse dress with high waistline and train.
Worn by Effie Crafts, née Malum, for her wedding to Milton Basset Crafts in Oak Park, Illinois, on June 22, 1910.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of the Craft family.
KSUM 1986.117.1a-c

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Bridal or evening dress, probably from the United States of America or possibly Europe, circa 1912.
Ivory silk satin with girdle and sash with metallic floral embroidery, lace insets at sides and sleeves and fine silk tulle at neckline. "Teresa Fleischman" label.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0342

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Day dress, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, circa 1912-1914.
Striped ivory cotton batiste with black dots.
Kent State University Museum
KSUM 1996.058.0214 (dress), gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1990.52.1ab (hat) , donated in memory of Mary D. Bletscher

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Day dress, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, circa 1912-1915.
White cotton batiste with blue and green stripes. Possibly a maid's uniform.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0213 (dress)
KSUM 1996.058.0029 (hat)

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Lingerie dress, Mooreland, Kirtland, Ohio, United States of America, circa 1913-1914.
White embroidered net with orange ombré silk lamé brocaded sash.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0218 (dress)
KSUM 1985.42.31 (hat), gift of Dr and Mrs Raymond Myers

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Walking suit, Europe or United States of America, circa 1914-1917.
Black velvet with striped collar and ribbon trimmings.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.00338 (suit)
KSUM 1996.058.0024 (hat)

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

Spirals & Ellipses: Clothing the Body Three-Dimensionally
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
Silhouettes of Style: Fashions from the Martha McCaskey Selhorst Collection

Revised 05/29/07