Keywords: 1880s outerwear
Item 105599
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: wool, silk, metal
Item 110560
Merry, the Hatter silk hat, Portland, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: leather, silk
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Northern Threads: Outerwear, Militia & Cadet uniforms
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 19th century outerwear, bonnets, militia and cadet uniforms.
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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.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4
"In the late 1880s, the bustle simplified in shape and disappeared by 1890. As fashions moved towards the next century, skirts lost the over layers…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4
"… Society Between the mid-1870s and early 1880s, the bulky overskirt 'polonaise' styling gave way to the unusually slim silhouette called cuirasse…"
