Exhibition

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

 

 

Left:
White Cotton Gown with Train
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1797-1802.
Possibly worn in the Northwest Territory
within the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, 61.82.9.

Light Blue Leather Slip-on Shoes
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1805.
Possibly worn in the Connecticut Western Reserve, Ohio.
Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, 41.1375.

 

Right:
White Muslin Gown à la Mathilde
with Center Front and Hem Embroidery
Unknown maker and place or origin, ca. 1804-1811.
Worn by Miss Anna Cutter, possibly in the Boston Area.
Collection of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Boston, X1994.64.


   

 

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


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