Look D

Description:

The ensemble shown here is meant to be worn with a hoopskirt. The silhouette of this time period largely depended upon the shape of the hoopskirt: in the 1850s it was symmetrically round and grew larger and larger. Eventually the cage crinolines became flatter in the front and fuller in the back. The cage crinoline featured here is not perfectly circular and some of the fullness has shifted to the back.

Attribution:

Unknown

Date:

1863

Collection ID:

CCTC #1

Notes:

Gift of Mrs. Frances Dudley Alleman

Exhibit Tags:

Garments