Keywords: Iridescence
Item 105493
Iridescent shot silk crinoline dress, Farmington, ca. 1869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1869 Location: Farmington Media: silk, cotton, baleen
Item 105762
Iridescent shot silk bodice, ca. 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1848 Media: silk, cotton
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4
"… appearance fabric) ensemble, is notable for iridescent hexagonal glass bead buttons and edge trimming, large looped up bustle, and skirt front with…"
Story
Lifelong Lepidopterist
by E. Christopher Livesay
Chris Livesay collects and studies butterflies.
