Exhibition

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

 

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Detail (front)
Detail (side)

 

Ivory Silk Taffeta Gown
Unknown maker, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1817.
Worn by Anne Catherine Spurck of Chillicothe, Ohio,
to her marriage with Peter Dittoe of Somerset, Ohio, on July 4, 1817.
Collection of the Ohio Historical Society, H40010.

Accessorized with:
Ivory Figured Silk Bonnet
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1800-1820.
Possibly worn in the Northwest Territory or in Ohio.
Collection of the Ohio Historical Society, H21860.

Ivory Kid Slip-on Shoes with Yellow Silk Tassels
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1800-1820.
Collection of The Ohio State University
Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, 2001.12.27ab.

 

 

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


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