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)

 

Beige Figured Silk Gown
Unknown maker and place of origin, made prior to October 1841.
Worn by Betsy Shipman to her marriage
with Beman Gates in October 1841.
Collection of the Ohio Historical Society, H18523.

 

Accessorized with:
Brown Leather Slip-on Shoes with Bows
Made by "H.H. Tottle and Co., Boston," ca. 1830-1855.
Possibly worn in Bath, Ohio.
Collection of the Massillon Museum, 63.118.

Installation Collar.

 

GARMENTS FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD
   

 

CLICK ON IMAGES ABOVE FOR VIEWS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SIMILAR ARTIFACT OF REPRESENTATION OF GARMENT 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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