Exhibition

Silhouettes of Style: Fashions from the Martha McCaskey Selhorst Collection 
 Higbee Gallery, June 17, 1998 - June 4, 2000
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
  


Left
Lingerie dress 
Probably American, ca. 1907 
Empire waisted Princess-line dress in white Battenburg and crocheted lace 
Kent State University Museum 
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0005 

Center back
Lingerie dress
Probably American, ca. 1900 
White embroidered net with pintucks and pleat detailing 
Kent State University Museum 
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0009ab 

Right
Lingerie dress
Probably American, ca.1913-18 
Ivory silk with machine embroidery and machine lace insets 
Kent State University Museum 
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.058.0217

Stained glass window 
American, possibly from Ohio, ca.1880-1899 
Stained, etched and clear glass set in lead in an assymetrical design 
Kent State University Museum 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Bain
KSUM 1986.139.1

 

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