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While inspecting a child’s gown created between 1880 and 1885 I began to realize that there were inconsistencies in style and in the textile. It soon became obvious that this was a so-called ‘fancy dress.’ Fancy dress is similar to the contemporary concept of Halloween costume, but was worn during the Victorian-era for parties and balls, not a specific holiday.
The internship has officially come to a close. The past couple of weeks were focused on prepping mannequins for display, giving our talks, and processing as many items as we could. For this week's post I've decided to look exclusively at a few garments to understand their personal stories.
Over the course of this summer while working on the rehousing project, we have processed a variety of amazing garments. Each costume is beautiful in its own unique way, from a dress worn to the court of Emperor Napoleon III to gorgeous sequined flapper dresses from the 1920’s.
In my second blog post of the summer, I discussed the copper arsenic green pigments that I suspected had been used to color at least a few of the garments in the MdHS collection. Since then I've done a lot more research and finally tested those garments for traces of arsenic. On Wednesday August 12, I revealed my findings to the museum and the community at the Intern presentations.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
By: Anna-Maria Hand