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Victorian Clothing Collection

A vintage assortment of clothing items including evening capes, chemisettes, stocks, and gloves from the 18th to 19th centuries, highlighting historical fashion trends.

Glove of liver -colored chamois leather with three cunning fabric buttons, c. 1900 - c. 1915 Right glove of liver -colored chamois leather, at the wrist a split with three art fabric purple mother -of -pearl knots, on the back three radiating cords. Netherlands whole: Chamois (Animal Material). Buttons: Right glove of liver -colored chamois leather, at the wrist a split with three art fabric purple mother -of -pearl knots, on the back three radiating cords. Netherlands whole: Chamois (Animal Material). Buttons:
Glove of liver -colored chamois leather with three cunning fabric buttons, c. 1900 - c. 1915 Right glove of liver -colored chamois leather, at the wrist a split with three art fabric purple mother -of -pearl knots, on the back three radiating cords. Netherlands whole: Chamois (Animal Material). Buttons: Right glove of liver -colored chamois leather, at the wrist a split with three art fabric purple mother -of -pearl knots, on the back three radiating cords. Netherlands whole: Chamois (Animal Material). Buttons:
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Hat. Culture: British. Date: 16th century.These felted knit caps are typical of sixteenth-century headwear in England. Cap knitting was an important domestic industry, restricted to professional guilds and protected by law. One such law, the Statute of Apparel, passed in 1571, specifically stated that all English citizens above the age of six, except nobility, "had on Sabbath and Holydays to wear caps of wool manufactured in England.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Shoes 1890-1900 American. Shoes 102310Bonnet 1840-50 American. Bonnet 102338Small shoe. Nieborów (manufaktura majoliki ; 1881-1899), factoryAlexander Anderson, Volunteer Fireman's Cap, 1938 Volunteer Fireman's CapFragment silk tissue with printed pattern, Wiener Werkstätte, c. 1920 Fragment silk tissue. A beige or liver -colored soil has a pattern of staggered rows with different patterns. One row has flower branches between a soil with a tree under which two people, the other row has flower branches between a ground on which two standing figures (male and female), In the colors blue, pink and red. silk block printing (relief printing process) Fragment silk tissue. A beige or liver -colored soil has a pattern of staggered rows with different patterns. One row has flower branches between a soil with a tree under which two people, the other row has flower branches between a ground on which two standing figures (male and female), In the colors blue, pink and red. silk block printing (relief printing process)Mitts 18th century European. Mitts 119665Lotus shoes China (Han) 19th centuryGORRO DE CABRERA. Location: ALCAZAR / MUSEO DEL EJERCITO-COLECCIÓN. Toledo. SPANIEN.Shoe for a Child 16th century British. Shoe for a Child 34175Tuft ostrich in stuffer to lilac, anonymous, c. 1895 - c. 1915 Tuft ostrich in stuffer to lilac. West-Europa . painting Tuft ostrich in stuffer to lilac. West-Europa . paintingShoe Shop Sign. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 24.3 x 33.4 cm (9 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alfred Denghausen.Mantel of light blue rips side, semi -circle -shaped, with lying hollow scalloped collar with sides ribbons, anonymous, c. 1740 - c. 1770 Mantel of light blue rips side, part of a costume. Half -circle -shaped, composed of two whole and two quarter jobs. With lying hollow scalloped collar on which a few sides ribbons. In the middle behind hears a Tresband of Silver Brao (C-2). Netherlands (possibly) silk. Mantel of light blue rips side, part of a costume. Half -circle -shaped, composed of two whole and two quarter jobs. With lying hollow scalloped collar on which a few sides ribbons. In the middle behind hears a Tresband of Silver Brao (C-2). Netherlands (possibly) silk.Glove of beige knitted silk, decorated with golden stitching and fringe, c. 1750 - c. 1800 Right glove from knitted silk. For priest gloves with gold stitching and frills. West-Europa whole: Silk. FRANK: Metal thread knitting Right glove from knitted silk. For priest gloves with gold stitching and frills. West-Europa whole: Silk. FRANK: Metal thread knittingGloves early 19th century Spanish. Gloves 84182A pair of high men's shoes unknownPair of thong sandals. Vegetable fibres. Ancient Egypt. Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy.Crupper Plate. Culture: Possibly Flemish or German. Dimensions: 22 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (58.1 x 65.1 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 14 oz. (2,666 g).. Date: early 16th century.Much lighter, and probably faster and cheaper to produce than in metal, armor made from shaped and hardened leather (cuir bouilli) was used throughout Europe for war, tournament, and parades. Surviving elements of leather armor are today extremely rare, but the use of hardened leather defenses, especially for horses, due to its advantages, was once much more widespread than is commonly assumed.The Museum's three elements (this crupper plate, and a pair of peytral plates, acc. nos. 26.235.2-.3) originally formed part of a horse's complete front and rear defense. The front defense is represented by two side panels (the central section is missing). Of the rear defense, or crupper, only the upper plate is preserved (several further plates would have extended the crupper at the front toward the saddle, the sides and rear, down tCorsette 1600-1650 France. Steel .Beaded Bag. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 24 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cornelius Christoffels.Traditional hat on white backgroundRobe of State 19th century China. Robe of State 69674Hat ca. 1870 American. Hat 84413Doll. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 38.1 x 27.9 cm (15 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 12" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Tomaszewski.Wedding Slippers. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 22.6 x 27.5 cm (8 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edna C. Rex.Toe Cap and Lames for a Right Foot Defense (Sabaton) 16th century German. Toe Cap and Lames for a Right Foot Defense (Sabaton) 34870Man's Shoe. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 23 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.Georgia, St. Mary's. Cumberland Island Museum display.. Stocking, belonging to a pair of green silk, knitted in shape with calf, large and small heel and teen piece, middle back and seam, and at the interior and exterior a diamond pattern in barley grain.Wellington Blewett, Iron Mannequin Shoe, c 1938 Iron Mannequin ShoeHalf wooden shoes, about 1880, from Tege, Åre parish, Jämtland. Nordic Museum Inv.nr NM.0061694 NordicCurtain ca. 1885 American. Curtain. American. ca. 1885. Silk velvet embroidered with metallic threads. Made in Mid-Atlantic, United StatesDoll from Italy, 1925-1992Two hairpieces with pipe shavings on curved black plastic Comb, hairpiece hair comb hair accessory hair turtle plastic celluloid, Two black combs slightly curved each comb provided with five brown pipe curls formed from real hair women hair caps adorn pipe curls