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Monday, June 11, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Past Fashion Exhibition "Fridge List"
Historic Garment and Costume Exhibitions in the Seacoast, 2012
Courtesy, Astrida Schaeffer, SchaefferArts.com
Thread: Stories of Fashion at Strawbery Banke, 1740-2012
Strawbery Banke Museum
May 1- October 31, 2012
Rarely seen items from the museum’s costume collection are displayed
alongside the creations of 15 contemporary designers in six of the museum’s
historic houses, from the 1740 embroidered London Lady’s Shoe to the
fanciful 2012 Emma Hope shoe it inspired.
603-433-1100, www.strawberybanke.org
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War of 1812: What it Meant to Portsmouth
John Paul Jones House Museum
May 1- October 31, 2012
A story of privateers, privation, protection and a search for peace
told through the stories of Portsmouth families. Includes some costumes
from the period but is not specifically a costume exhibit.
603-436-8420, www.portsmouthhistory.org/john_paul_jones_house/
*****
People, Places, and Pantaloons
Counting House Museum
May 24- October 31, 2012
Four women from South Berwick Maine and Rollinsford NH between 1850
and 1890 are the focus of this exhibition including their dresses, underwear,
accessories, life stories, and the homes they lived in.
207-384-0000, www.oldberwick.org
*****
Height of Propriety: Fashions Through Time of the Proprietors of the
Portsmouth Athenaeum
Portsmouth Athenaeum:
June 15 - September 8, 2012
From the time of its founding in 1817, the proprietors of the Portsmouth
Athenaeum were among the most successful people in Portsmouth. We rarely
consider their contribution to fashion; this exhibit will show clothing
belonging to past proprietors and their spouses, most from the collections of
the Portsmouth Historical Society, and portraits from the Athenaeum and local
museums. Samples include: the morning coat worn by Edmund Roberts in Macao
while negotiating the first trade treaty with that nation, the wedding dress
worn by Mary Morison when she married proprietor James Rundlett May, and an
Irish lace dress made for Virginia Tanner for her presentation at the Royal
Court in England.
603-431-2538, www.portsmouthathenaeum.org
*****
Afternoon at the Museum: 1912
Moffatt-Ladd House
July 8-October 3, 2012
Dresses and hats from the era of the house museum's opening, on loan
from the University Museum of UNH and the Portsmouth Historical Society.
603-436-8221, www.moffattladd.org/
603-436-8221, www.moffattladd.org/
*****
Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail
University Museum, University of NH
September 14-December 14, 2012
Twenty five historic garments plus accessories are on view from the Irma
Bowen Collection. The exhibition and its accompanying book explore the
aesthetics behind 19th c. clothing design and provide a detailed examination
of how their decorative elements were constructed. The results of
this project will inspire the contemporary needle worker, designer, garment
historian and those who just love fashion.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Footcandy Friday: Newly Discovered Maine Wedding Shoe
Jane Radcliffe and Ron Kley of Museum Research Associates (MRA), recently discovered
this elegant pair of wedding shoes while conducting ongoing research at the Vaughan
Homestead in Hallowell, ME. According to MRA, they are part of the 7 May 1849 wedding outfit of a mid 19th century proper Bostonian young woman -- Mary Eliot Dwight (who
married Dr. Samuel Parkman and became the mother of Ellen Twisleton Parkman, who
married William Warren Vaughan).
These Parisian white satin slippers are of particular interest as key elements of a well
documented set of apparel. As MRA astutely observe, the charming and diminutive
proportions of the (apparently original) pasteboard box in which the shoes were found
(and on which their history is inscribed) is as interesting as the shoes themselves.
With wedding season upon us, sharing this graceful footwear from the past seems
appropriate.
The author thanks Museum Research Associates, of Hallowell and the Vaughan Homestead Foundation for generously sharing this new information on New England footwear.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
4H State Activities Day - Fashion Revue
It is almost time for 4H State Activities Day at UNH, Durham. I am honored to once again have the opportunity to judge the fashion revue entries, which will culminate in a fashion show on Saturday 2 June. Show your support of these young talents. Applaud youth!
http://extension.unh.edu/4h/4HSAD.htm
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Another great site for historic garments
This lovely sleeveless bodice caught my eye on a recent search for historic garments. Great site for perusal or wish list purchases.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Current Research: Developing Evidence on the Haverhill Shoe Trade
The very fist entry in the Daybook for 17 March 1793 is in
fact for sole leather, purchased by Avery Sanders. Given Sanders “jack of all trades” status in the community
(he also hired out his services via indentures for labor) and the small
quantity purchased, one may speculate that he operated as a
cobbler, repairing local foot wear rather than crafting it. (The 1790 Census
reveals that he was the head of household and the only male, with three females.) On the other hand, large quantities of
sole leather are recorded throughout the year by several different
purchasers, including traders from Bath and Landaff. There is the
occasional mention simply of a cost for “tanning” (several times associated
with the Ladd family) and random mentions of shoes (but thus far, no
reference to boots) appear with some frequency. The well-established and
respected Ladd family had a tannery on the Oliverian Brook, in close proximity
to the General’s various concerns. (Indeed today, a short walk from the
Montgomery Store across the Brook takes the visitor to “Ladd Lane” and “Tannery
Road.”)
According to Whitcher, Deacon Ladd notes Phineas Swan (1751-
16 January 1829) as a cordwainer in a deed. Not enough evidence has yet
surfaced to establish a tradition of shoemaking, but certainly there is ample information in the Daybook to support significant repairs in leather and the raw materials were
available. Further, the Daybook reveals that special order shoes were sold, as
in the case of Phebe Ladd’s purchase of shoes at 6 shillings (2 days of a
working man’s labor), from the General’s store.
Accessories such as “knit cotton hose” for Clark Woodward
cost him dearly – at 5 shillings 9 pence – almost two days of a man's labor. Given the
cost and description, plated shoe buckles were also in abundance in the town,
standard during this time period, seen in the 11 June 1793 entries.
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| Courtesy, Smiling Fox Forge |
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| Courtesy, Lynn Museum For further information on period shoe buckles, see: |
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| Courtesy, Historic Deerfield |
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