Browse Collections (26 total)

The history of fans remains shrouded in ancient times. Nancy Armstrong, in her book Fans, tells us that the word for fan in generic Hindi developed…

In Fashion History: A Global View, fashion is defined as “changing forms of dress that are adopted by a group of people at a certain time and place”…

Waistcoats, also called vests, were ubiquitous in the nineteenth-century Western male wardrobe. They are a vestige of the three-piece suit – coat,…

Frankie Welch (1924–2021), born Mary Frances Barnett, credited her semi-isolated, rural childhood on her family’s farm in Rome, Georgia with her…

The Historic Textile and Costume Collection has over 150 pairs of men's and women's shoes, boots and slippers that date back to 1768. This doesn't…

The Historic Textile and Costume Collection houses three lithographs imprinted with dates of 1792, 1794, and 1801 and the barely legible name of “A.…

Inspired by the 2018 publication of An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery, by URI's Rachel May (PhD '15), this exhibition reveals…

Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers The Historic Textile & Costume Collection (HTCC) houses numerous artifacts that represent the work of…

The 1960s were a decade characterized by a break with tradition. Obvious reflections of this can be seen in the development of space exploration and…

The Ladies’ Paradise artifact study project was a response to a challenge from the International Textile and Apparel Association to incorporate Émile…