Exhibition

Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790-1840
Broadbent Gallery: July 26, 2003, to January 18, 2004
Anne Bissonnette, Curator

 

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Navy Wool Morning Coat with Gold Buttons
Unknown maker, Andover, Ohio, ca. 1812-1830.
Worn by the father of the donor who built the first woolen mill in Andover, Ohio,
where the material for the coat was woven.
Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, 42.109.

Buckskin or Doeskin Pantaloons
Unknown maker, possibly made in Paris in or before 1809.
Worn in Paris by Heman Ely in 1809, brought to Elyria, Ohio, ca. 1817.
Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, 50.356.

Cotton Ruffled Shirtfront
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1800-20.
Bruce and Susan Greene Collection, 2001.087.

Black Leather Evening Slip-on Shoes with Bows
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1830-45.
Bruce & Susan Greene Collection, 2000.097ab.

Installation Neck Stock and Stockings.

 

 

CLICK ON IMAGES ABOVE FOR VIEWS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF
REPRESENTATION OF SIMILAR GARMENTS FOUND IN OTHER OHIO COLLECTIONS

 

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and a Stella Blum Travel Grant from the Costume Society of America.
   


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