Keywords: 1840s fashion
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Historical Items
These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.
Item 110368
Teenage Pamelia Emery's silk dress, Portland, ca. 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1847 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton
Item 105398
Victoria Mansion gold silk dress, Portland, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton, brass
Item 105397
Figured silk evening dress, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Silk, cotton
Item 105390
Gigot (leg-of-mutton) sleeve dress, Eastport, ca. 1837
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1837 Location: Eastport Media: cotton, metal
Item 105762
Iridescent shot silk bodice, ca. 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1848 Media: silk, cotton
Item 105399
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1848 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: silk, linen, cotton, baleen
Item 105763
Shot silk dress made from 1840s silk, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: silk, cotton
Item 105761
Brocade silk dress with pleated puffed sleeves, Windham, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Windham Media: silk, cotton, metal
Item 105973
Bodice made from reused 1840s silk, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: silk, cotton, metal
Item 110540
Martha Fifield's woven cotton bonnet, Newry, ca. 1842
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1842 Location: Newry; Riley Plantation Media: cotton, silk
Item 105494
Plaid silk day dress, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Silk, cotton, brass, glass
Item 105816
Bradbury family mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Standish Media: silk, linen, cotton
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
Item 105506
Grapevine embroided cape, Portland, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Portland Media: wool, silk
Item 105648
Nellie Ryan Abbott's fancy weave dress, Presque Isle, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Presque Isle Media: silk, cotton, wool, glass
Item 105764
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: silk, linen, metal
Item 102411
Noonday meal, New Portland, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide
