Browse Collections (23 total)

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…

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

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…

The Historic Textile and Costume Collection (HTCC) owns eighty-six parasols and umbrellas dating from 1775 to 1930. A parasol is defined as “a light,…

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…

"Show me the clothes of a culture and I can write its history" - Anatole France (1844-1924)Material culture is the world of things that people – all…

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

The first Perrin ancestor to arrive in the New World from England in 1635 was John Perrin (Perryn) (1614-1674). He was one of the founders of…

The URI Historic Textile and Costume Collection houses several hundred photographs ranging from the early daguerreotypes of the 1840s to paper…

Overview - The Tirocchi Collection at the University of Rhode Island consists of well over 1000 objects including dresses, unfinished “robes,”…