Exhibition

Of Men & Their Elegance
Higbee Gallery
Second Rotation: April 25 to November 23, 2003
First presented: July 3 to November 17, 2002
Anne Bissonnette & Dr. Debbie Henderson, Curators

Lounge Wear

 


Left:
Lounging Wear

Le petit courrier des dames. no9, tome L, 25e année, 15 février 1846, plate 2166

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 


Lilac Monogrammed Silk Smoking Jacket

United States of America, last quarter of the 19th century
Worn by Charles Whitney Chase (1846-1918)
Lent by The Western Reserve Historical Society
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Loesser



Tenue du matin
Illustration by Bernal Boutet de Manvel, France, 1913
Le journal des dames et des modes.
35 , 2e année, 10 mai 1913, plate 77.

Kent State University Museum Library Collection

 

 

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