Exhibition

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

 

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Bodice and Skirt Ensemble of White and
Light Green Vertically Striped Printed Cotton

Unknown maker and place of origin, 1838.
Second day dress of Celia Ann Mortimer who married William B. Adams on April 24, 1838, in Lebanon, Ohio.
Collection of the Warren County Historical Society, T0000.35.

Accessorized with:
Ivory Kid Slip-on Shoes
Unknown maker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1830-1855.
Kent State University Museum, lent by the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, Gift of Mary M. Hobbs, 1949, L1995.17.609ab.

Reproduction ruff.
Installation stockings.

 

 

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


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