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    • Bodice

    • Bodice

    • Weeks (designer)

    • 1896

    • Worn as part of wedding ensemble by the donor's mother (née Florence Sanger Pullman, b. 8/11/1868, d. 6/5/1937) on April 29, 1896 on the occasion of her marriage to Frank Orren Lowden (b. 1/26/1896, d. 3/20/1943). In addition to this outer bodice,...
    • Butterfly

    • Butterfly

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1954

    • Charles James originally designed the Butterfly ball gown for Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr., for the price of $1,250. The sculptural design lives up to a comment once made by Spanish couturier Cristbal Balenciaga, "Charles James is not only the...
    • Card case

    • Card case
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    • circa 1865

    • Belonged to Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer (1850-1918), mother-in-law of the donor.
    • Corset

    • Corset

    • Le Bon Marché (creator)

    • 1900

    • From trousseau of Mrs. Charles Hosmer Morse, mother of donor.
    • Corset

    • Corset
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    • 1901

    • Worn by Elizabeth Hooker Cheney at her wedding on September 11, 1901.
    • Corset

    • Corset

    • Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1901

    • Donor Franc Reece married John Roger Williams on June 19, 1901. Corset was bought at Marshall Field & Co. and part of her trousseau. It was never worn.
    • Corset

    • Corset
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    • 1898

    • Part of Frances Glessner's trousseau for her marriage to Blewett Lee, February 9, 1898 at 1800 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
    • Corset

    • Corset
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    • 1874

    • Worn on occasion of marriage by donor's mother, Mrs. John Jay Bryant, née Matilda Miller.
    • Corset

    • Corset
    •  

    • 1887

    • Worn by Miss Honore O'Shea, daughter of James J. O'Shea and Honore Pyne O'Shea, when she married donor's father, John J. Sullivan, November 10, 1887 at Holy Family Church, Roosevelt and May Street, Chicago.
    • Drawing: Bra top and pants

    • Drawing: Bra top and pants

    • Lopez, Antonio, 1943-1987 (artist); James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)

    • 1973

    • Subject description is based on the document provided by Charles James at the time of the donation.
    • Drawing: Bra top and pants

    • Drawing: Bra top and pants

    • Lopez, Antonio, 1943-1987 (artist); James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)

    • 1972

    • Subject description is based on the document provided by Charles James at the time of the donation.
    • Drawing: Coatdress

    • Drawing: Coatdress

    • Lopez, Antonio, 1943-1987 (artist); James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)
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    • Subject description is based on the document provided by Charles James at the time of the donation.

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