Keywords: 1830 fashion sleeve
Item 105364
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Media: cotton, silk
Item 105388
Demi-gigot sleeve dress, Portland, ca. 1832
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1832 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton, metal
Exhibit
Northern Threads: The rise and fall of the gigot sleeve
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring the balloon-like gigot sleeve of the 1830s.
Exhibit
The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.
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"This particular dress represents the trend in its early years, before the sleeve size reached its peak."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830
"… a flat fold over closure and early full headed sleeves set very high at the back; a Longfellow family spencer or short jacket; a mid-calf length…"
