Browse Collections (23 total)

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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”…

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