Cream Corset
Date: 1900-1925
This is a cream cotton underbust corset with attached garters. Along with the back lacing, thee are lacing panels on either side of the busk and at the sides-back. These extra lacing sections are laced with a somewhat elastic braid. All the lacing…
Cream Shirtwaist
Date: 1890-1915
Cream Shirtwaist with large floral pattern down the center, around the wrists, and along the shoulders. Vertically striped small pulled thread embroidery down the front, back, down the sleeves, and around the neck. The shirtwaist is closed by a snap…
Black Embroidered Bodice With Belt
Creator: John Forsythe
Date: 1899-1910
Black bodice with black embroidery on chest, shoulders, and wrists. Embroidery includes diamond shapes and flowers. Pleating on chest and by shoulders and wrists. High neck with white net at very top front. Separate matching belt. Label within…
Réjane Ribbon Corset
Date: 1900-1915
Cream silk satin ribbon corset with back lacing and front busk with decorative bow at top. There are two covered elastic garters with decorative bows and two clips on each end attached at center front. Large hook at lower front on one side of the…
Cream Floral and Lace Ensemble
Date: 1900s-1910s
This is a cream blouse with a natural waist, bateau neckline, peter pan collar, and elbow-length sleeves. The bodice, sleeves, and collar are made of a silk chiffon with green, red, and purple floral print and decorated with cream lace and…
Black Two Piece Dress with Lace
Date: 1900
Black silk bodice and skirt with wool trim and lace with embroidery on bodice. The lace is tan with pink and green embroidery, and sections of it are underlaid with light green silk. The bodice has rows of pintucks and the center front has a section…
Black Satin Beaded Pleated Bodice with Pink Accents
Date: 1870-1890
Black satin bodice with beading, pleats, boning, full-length leg-o-mutton sleeves, high collar, pink accents on reverse of satin, lace at ends of sleeves, and shoulder ruffles.
Child's Lace Blouse
Date: 1890-1910
A lacey, detachable sleeve blouse with a mid/high collar and button closures in the center back. The blouse comes to below the waist. Its thin semi-sheer material is most likely cotton. Above the chest, the thin material gives way to intricate…
Cream Lace Tea Dress with Lavender Accents
Date: 1900-1910
Cream lace dress with short puffed sleeves and lavender trim. High neck, S-curve boned bodice with vertical lavender velvet trim and pleated satin waistband. Natural waist skirt with fullness at hem and train in back.
Beaded Black Bodice with Yellow Collar
Date: 1890-1905
A black, velvet, beaded bodice with leg o' mutton sleeves and a yellow lined collar. There is black floral beading and embroidery on the chest and lower sleeves, four groups of piping in rows of three on each sleeve, yellowing lace on the wrists,…
White Petticoat with pink ribbon and eyelet detail
Date: 1905
White petticoat with pink ribbon and eyelet detail. The petticoat is made of white cotton throughout, silk at the ribbon, and embroidered at the ribbon casing. The skirt is gathered at the hem, pleated, and has a bow at the front. The bottom half is…
Embroidered White Edwardian Tea Dress
Date: 1905
Embroidered White Edwardian tea dress. White cotton with eyelet, detail, mesh insets and embroidery throughout. Square neckline with lace detail and net inset at back. Bloused bodice with princess seams, pin tucks, and pleats at waist. Three quarter…
Cream Silk Dress with Lace
Cream satin A-line dress with lace accents on the bodice and skirt, as well as green flower embellishments at the waistline, ends of the ribbons and the sides of the bodice. There is pleating at the waist and lace is sewn at the hem of the slip…
White Petticoat with Eyelet Insets and Tucks
White petticoat with eyelet detail and tucks. Drawstring closure at center back waist. Flared five core skirt, pleated at back waist. Bottom detail includes five rows of tucks, a row of eyelet insets, two rows of tucks, row of eyelet inset, and a…