Keywords: mourning fashion
Item 105321
Crepe mourning skirt, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Silk, Horsehair, Cotton, Metal
Item 110636
Mourning ring for Eleanor Cummings, Portland, 1824
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: gold, jet
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Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
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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Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing
"Mourning Clothing View the Mourning Clothing Slide Show With the growth of the middle class, the custom of wearing black during periods of…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away
"Fashions Far & Away View the Fashions Far & Away Slide Show Imported garments and fabrics are an integral part of American fashion, and of the…"
