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. 

Suspenders

Object/Artifact

Man’s braces faced with ivory satin, embroidered in silk satin stitch depicting a rosebud in shades of pink, green and faded blue. Lined with matching surah. “Fisk, Clark & Flagg” label stitched to intersection of the straps. Elastic strips in the back ending in cream kid with a buttonhole; front has coppery adjustment fittings with kid straps formed into pairs of buttonhole tabs.

G2007.075

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1880 - 1890

American

Suspenders

Braces

Satin

Embrodiered

Help bring history to life

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