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Description
This black velveteen gown was likely purchased by a Maine woman during a Boston vacation or shopping trip. The dressmaker was M.M. Conlan of Boston, Massachusetts.
This mature lady’s dinner gown features a raised waistline popular from 1911-1913 and columnar skirt that hints of the less restrictive styles favored by the dress reform movement.
Reflective metallic and glossy materials took on new life as a feature of evening dress when electric lighting was introduced. By this time department stores often provided a special room with electric light so that customers could check how yardage, garment colors and trimmings appeared.
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About This Item
- Title: Dress designed by M.M. Conlan, ca. 1910
- Creator: M M. Conlan
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
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Locations:
- ME
- Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Media: Velveteen
- Local Code: A86-737
- Object Type: Physical Object
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