Unlocked

Victorian Image of Pregnancy through Corsetry

August 7th 2015

Editor’s Note: Join us at the Maryland Historical Society on Wednesday, August 12, at 11am as our Costume Interns detail their findings from this summer’s rehousing efforts! 

 

18th Century Painted Silk

August 7th 2015

Editor’s Note: Join us at the Maryland Historical Society on Wednesday, August 12, at 11am as our Costume Interns detail their findings from this summer’s rehousing efforts! 

 

Making a Rehousing a Home: Mounts for Hats

August 7th 2015

Editor's Note: Join us at the Maryland Historical Society on Wednesday at 11am as our Costume Interns detail their findings from this summer's rehousing efforts! 

 

The New Woman: Changes in Fashion and Aspiration in the 1920s

August 3rd 2015

Editor’s Note: Support the Maryland Historical Society by participating in our Adopt A Box! program. For as little as $100 you can help preserve these treasures for future generations.

 

Riding Habits and Women's Rights

August 1st 2015

Editor’s Note: Support the Maryland Historical Society by participating in our Adopt A Box! program. For as little as $100 you can help preserve these treasures for future generations.

 

Industrial Corsetry

August 1st 2015

Editor’s Note: Support the Maryland Historical Society by participating in our Adopt A Box! program. For as little as $100 you can help preserve these treasures for future generations.

 

Wondrous Waistcoats: Beauty in Menswear - 18th and 19th Centuries

July 27th 2015

Editor’s Note: Support the Maryland Historical Society by participating in our Adopt A Box! program. For as little as $100 you can help preserve these treasures for future generations.

 

Underarm Liners: Shields Against Summer Sweat

July 24th 2015

Editor’s Note: Support the Maryland Historical Society by participating in our Adopt A Box! program. For as little as $100 you can help preserve these treasures for future generations.

 

Napoleon III Court Dress

June 26th 2015

By: Emily Bach

 

Conservation Concerns: Vacuuming Garments

June 26th 2015

By: Lidia Plaza

 

The Dyes of Death

June 19th 2015

By Lidia Plaza

 

M.S. Ridgely and the Blue Dress

June 19th 2015

By: Anna-Maria Hand 

 

A Rare Find - Sleeve Plumpers

June 19th 2015

By: Emily Bach

 

Thinking Outside (and Inside) the Box: Our Process for Rehousing the Textile Collection

June 12th 2015

Here I am facing a daunting wall of garment boxes in Pratt House.