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- Fan
- circa 1870
- Dress
- Rhodes, Zandra, 1940- (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)
- circa 1985
- Ensemble: jacket and skirt
- 1947
- Girdle
- Lily of France (Firm) (manufacturer)
- 1955
- Drawing: Dress with décolleté and draped skirt
- Lopez, Antonio, 1943-1987 (artist); James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)
- 1973
- Vest
- 1844
- Dress
- Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)
- circa 1955
- Vest
- 1870
- Fan
- circa 1850
- Dress and petticoat
- N.A. Hanna, Inc. (designer)
- 1970
- Dress
- Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer); Worth and Bobergh (designer)
- 1861
- Although married in Chicago in 1858, it was not until 1874 that the McCormick family constructed a permanent Chicago residence. They had homes in both New York and Washington and traveled abroad extensively, particularly to European expositions at...
- Sorbet
- Poiret, Paul, 1879-1944 (designer)
- 1913
- Anita Carolyn Blair wore this dress to the debut of Gladys High in Chicago, a bold and possibly scandalous choice that would have upstaged the young woman hosting the party.
- Dress
- Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)
- 1947
- Ballerina Maria Tallchief donated this dress, the Museum's only piece from Dior's historic first collection. Tallchief was prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet for eighteen years and later became the artistic director of Chicago's Lyric...
- Brooch
- 1860
- Belonged to mother of the donor.
- Nightgown
- circa 1880
- Belonged to Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer (1850-1918), mother-in-law of donor.
- Card case
- circa 1865
- Belonged to Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer (1850-1918), mother-in-law of the donor.
- Fan
- circa 1860
- Belonged to Mrs. William O. (Erna M. Sawyer) Goodman, grandmother of donor.
- Dress
- Robina (Paris, France) (designer)
- 1893
- Bertha Honoré Palmer commissioned this two-piece ensemble from the Parisian haute couture house Robina in 1892.
- Pendant
- 1867
- Bertha Honoré received this gold cross when she graduated with honors from the Sisters of the Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C.
- Ensemble: dress, jacket, and belt
- 1944
- Bridesmaid gown for the wedding of Mary Seymour Adams, daughter of donor, and George Berkely Young at St. James Episcopal Church, March 24, 1944. The bridesmaids were: Mrs. Cyrus Hall (Harriet Haynes) Adams III; Mrs. Gerald V. (Elizabeth Armour)...