Online Collections Database

Explore our Collections

Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

Welcome to our Online Collections Database! Below you will find a searchable database showcasing images and information regarding tens of thousands of items in our online collection. Search using search terms, key words, object names, or names of historical figures to locate specific items, or, peruse at random to enjoy the breadth of collections available for view.

As we continue to digitize collections at GCV&M, more objects will populate this new virtual resource. Please continue to check back, and reach out with any questions!

Questions? Contact our Curatorial Department at (585) 294-8240 or email jjohnson@gcv.org. Interested in donating an object to the collections at GCV&M? Click here to learn more. 

Slippers (unfinished)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of uppers for men's house slippers in Berlin work (wool tent-stitch embroidery) depicting red, blue, and orange cherries with green leaves against a black ground on grey cotton canvas. Back seam is machine sewn after the fact with a strip of unbleached cotton; apart from that, they are totally unfinished. High throat with upward curving front edge; square toe.

G2007.081a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Male

Footwear

Needle Craft

Historic Costume

Shoes

Male

Wool

Cotton

1840 - 1860

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Help bring history to life

Your tax-deductible donation helps preserve and share history, nature and art for generations to come.