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This gown is made of black silk chiffon, finely pin tucked, and inset with five different kinds of lace throughout. The gown is from the turn of the century (1900 to 1905), is made in the mono-bosom style and features a high collar with boning at…

Black wool tailcoat, vest and trousers. Jacket has silk faille peaked lapels, satin covered buttons, inside left and right breast double welt pockets. It is lined with a black silk twill in the body and black/white striped silk twill in the sleeves.…

Gray wool twill two-piece dress with pink silk taffeta collar, yoke and cuff detail, trimmed with lace.
Bodice. Hook and eye closing at left side. Short bodice with blouson insert at center front and pink pin-tucked silk yoke. Long sleeves with pink…

An off white silk wedding dress, consisting of a bodice and skirt, from 1907. Bodice and skirt have an overlay of Battenberg lace of flowers and scrolls in the same beige color as the silk. Bodice has a center front piece of hand painted organza…

Pina cloth (pineapple fiber) wedding dress.
Blouse (bodice) : waist length pigeon pout bodice, longer in front- shorter in back; high band lace collar; 3/4 full balloon sleeves with narrow forearm band, which is trimmed with 9 rows of small…

A three-piece men's tweed suit in a multicolored wool (blue, brown, tan and rose) closes down the front with 4 tortoise shell buttons (top button missing) in the conservative sack style coat of the early 1900's - a hip length coat with a straight…

Early 1900's ladies long beaded evening gown. The outer shell of the gown is made of an off-white silk tulle that is elaborately hand-beaded in small grey sequins, black seed beads and grey metal leaves, which cascade from the top of the shoulders to…

A two-piece ivory silk chiffon-satin evening gown with a subtle stripe. Twisted chenille yarns with gathered pieces of lace form tulip-like adornments that hang from bodice neckline, front and back, sleeve hem, and from sash at center back.

Two piece blue and white floral warp print silk taffeta and silk tulle evening gown. Bodice- mono bosom of ivory silk tulle, bias cut wide panels draped over the shoulder and pleated to a point at the center waist. green silk velvet trim. Round…

Elaborate, ornate coat of black lace and braid overlay on black silk satin. Edgings of pleated black silk chiffon around neckline, down front, around hem, and around the edge of a very wide bell sleeve. Velvet tie at neck