Keywords: 1860s dress
Item 105500
Full crinoline dress with fringe, ca. 1859
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1859
Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 8 images.
Item 105817
Altered mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1865
Location: Standish
Media: silk, cotton, linen
This record contains 10 images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical
Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 2 of 4
"Early examples include a blueish purple 1860s highly trimmed walking dress with a short basque (a fitted jacket-like bodice) and flat fronted skirt…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4
"A dress from this period made of a weightier ribbed gray and pale blue shot silk features cuffed pagoda sleeves and is notable, first for its very…"