Browse Collections (23 total)

The Fashions of London & Paris During the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Printed for Richard Phillips, 6 New Bridge Street, Blackfriars (London)…

Human beings complement their appearance with the use of accessories, items worn in addition to the basic garments that cover bodies for protection…

The Historic Textile and Costume Collection houses almost fifty pairs of baby and children's shoes and slippers, dating from the early 1800s to the…

John James Audubon: Obsession Untamed explores the naturalist’s relentless pursuit of the birds of America and his singular determination in seeing…

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”…

Fashion Plates Fashion plates originated in the French court of Louis XIV during the last quarter of the seventeenth century. Hand-colored engraved…

Feminism and Fashion presents feminist history alongside historic garments from the Historic Textile and Costume Collection. Arranged in chronological…

Head coverings of some sort, for men, women and children, have been part of human culture for thousands of years. In the United States, women followed…

Little is known about Gustave Janet. Born in France in 1829, he became a draughtsman and lithographer, working for a variety of publishers before his…

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