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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. 

Capelet

Object/Artifact

"Entirely hand stitched brown cotton printed with red and green cartouches. Edged with flat piped self frill; neck edge piped. Lined with pieced, glazed brown PW cotton.Consistent 4” vertical glitch repeats in black and red- don’t repeat sideways: Perrotine printed. Orange and green show 4” repeats of glitches sideways with possible 7” vertical repeat: Block printed.

G97.079

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1840

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Cape

Capelet

Brown

Print

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