Exhibition

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

 
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Light Pink Figured Silk Crêpe de Chine Gown
Unknown maker and place of origin, 1824.
Possibly worn in Marietta, Ohio.
Worn by Elva Dana Fearing "following
her marriage to Henry Fearing."
Collection of the Ohio Historical Society, H5005.

Ivory Silk Satin Slip-on Shoes
Unknown maker and place of origin, ca. 1830-1855.
Possibly worn in the Connecticut Western Reserve, Ohio.
Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, 49.954.

 

 

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