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Jacket

Description: Jacket of black silk satin. The jacket, formed as a basque bodice with typical close-fitting achieved by seaming, has extended front panels and is edged with ivory lace. The jacket is embellished with dark blue velvet and olive brown chenille appliques of floral and leaf forms and black jet beading. Lined in ivory silk satin. Photograph is from the exhibition Haute Couture - The Great Paris Designers, held at The Grace Museum, Abilene Texas, October 17 - December 30, 2000, and shows jacket … more
Date: 1870
Creator: Worth, Charles Frederick, 1826–1895
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Tea gown

Description: Formal tea gown of green print cotton in multicolored floral print and pink satin cuffs, bodice and tucks at side. Watteau pleats down center back. Long sleeves with 6-1/2" fitted cuffs. Slightly trained. Lined in olive green polished cotton; boning at waist.
Date: 1870/1880
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Girl's Dress

Description: Girl's dress of blue calico cotton with white print. Stand up collar. Inset waist with long, gathered skirt. Long sleeves gathered at wrist with drawstrings. Center front opening with 8 button closure. Bodice lined with what may be sugar sack fabric; skirt unlined. Skirt is 33" long with 22" waist.
Date: 1870/1900
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Fan

Description: Folding fan of bone and satin. Guards and sticks of bone, intricately carved with pierced latticework. Plain off-white silk satin leaf. Chased metal bail ring at pivot with mother-of-pearl beads. Off-white silk tassel tied to bail. Inscribed on silk leaf along one guard: "Hood W. [illeg.] / June 5th /73"; other inscriptions on other guard, too fragile to examine.
Date: 1870/1879
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Mitts

Description: Mitts of black lace, scalloped edges at finger openings, chevron pattern on the hands, repeating geometric motif on sleeves; elbow length.
Date: 1870/1979
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cotton petticoat

Description: Panel from white cotton petticoat with 4" gathered ruffle at hem over straight hem of petticoat. Flounce has four rows of pin tucks above gathered panel with three rows of three pin tucks with 4" border of lace at hem.
Date: 1870/1899
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Chemise

Description: Chemise of white cotton, wide round neckline trimmed with narrow band of lace, flutter sleeves trimmed in lace, at center front a round bib connected to the neckline, perhaps serving as a dickey, loose silhouette, knee length
Date: 1870/1919
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Chemise

Description: Chemise of off-white cotton with delicate embroidered, open-work lace at trim and bib insert; fabric is gathered at center-front below bib; pin tucks at hem; sleeveless and full-length.
Date: 1870
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Oxford shoes

Description: Ladies oxford style shoes of brown-purple soft leather with silk fabric vamp, and silk shoe laces. Opera heels. Scalloped detail on leather elements. Fringed tongue.
Date: 1870/1879
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Leather boots

Description: Boots of metallic gold gilded leather with 1/2" heel, round toes and scallops at side opening; ankle-length; higher in front and dip at back. Gilded at a later date. Boy's boots. size 6 1/2 (14 1/2cm)
Date: 1870/1879
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Christening Gown

Description: Christening gown of white cotton batiste. Yoke is vertical bands of drawn work and eyelet in pineapple(?) pattern. Bottom of yoke has ruffle of scalloped eyelet lace. Long sleeves have ruffled hem matching yoke. Ruched at back waist. Rounded neckline is bound and trimmed in lace. Skirt has 14 rows of drawn work with 3" scalloped eyelet trim in floral pattern at hem. Center back closure of two buttons on yoke with draw strings at neckline and back ruching.
Date: 1870
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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