Exhibition

Scaasi: An American Icon
Higbee Gallery, June 29, 2001, to May 19, 2002
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
  

    
Black lace evening dress
Arnold Scaasi, spring 1974
Black lace long-sleeved dress over a black silk halter neck underdress.
Flared skirt with back hem longer than front hem.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, KSUM 1997.10.35

Black panné velvet dress with leaf patterns
Arnold Scaasi, fall 1985
Strapless empire bodice with sculptural bouffant volume gathered at
the knee level and flared to the ankle.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, KSUM 1997.10.51


Black velvet & satin evening dress
Arnold Scaasi, fall 1992
Off-the-shoulder long-sleeved silk velvet bodice with draped three-tiered
black satin skirt with decorative flower on left hip.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, KSUM 1997.10.41

Yellow evening dress with tabard skirt
Arnold Scaasi, summer 1989
Gold silk faille off-the-shoulder gown with tabard skirt longer in front and shorter in back.
Bow of self-fabric at center back.
On loan from The Ohio State University Historic Costume and Textiles Collection
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, OSU1997.17.17

Black tulle with dots ruffled evening dress
Arnold Scaasi, spring 1990
Tulle with navy dots in an eight-tiered ruffle design with nylon "horsehair"
braid at ruffles' edges. Navy satin band & bow.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Arnold Scaasi, KSUM 1997.10.57
  
  
Decorative Arts

Portrait of Arthur Wellesley,1st Duke of Wellington
(1769-1852)
England, painted ca.1820-30
Oil on canvas
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.826

Portrait of an Elegant Lady
France, painted ca.1810-27
Oil on canvas
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.823

Pair of Candelabra
England, 19th century
Bristol cut glass
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.152ab

Regency Style Sideboard
England, possibly 1810s-1840s
Mahogany
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.4.786

 

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