Costume and Textile Collection

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- Dress
- Valentino, 1932- (designer)
- 1968
- Worn by Marcia Weiner, in April, 1968 to her wedding with Richard L. Goldberg in Chicago. Made as copy of Jackie Kennedy Onassis' wedding dress.
- Dress
- Douellieut (Paris, France) (creator)
- 1900
- Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.
- Dress
- Geoffrey Beene, Inc. (designer)
- circa 1995
- Worn by Mrs. Jules N. Stiffel, née Lisbeth Cherniack.
- Dress
- Molyneux, Edward H. (designer)
- 1935
- Worn by the donor, Mrs. Foster Adams, née Courtney Letts.
- Dress
- Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 (designer)
- 1931
- Worn by Miss Jeannette Lawrence Young (1901-89).
- Dress
- Miss Dior (Firm) (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)
- 1972
- Worn by donor, née Barbara Davis, on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. Thomas F. Frey on December 2, 1972. The dress was purchased in November, 1972 at the Miss Dior boutique in Paris, France.
- Dress
- Mainbocher, 1891-1976 (designer)
- circa 1938
- Worn by Mrs. A. Watson Armour III to Chicago's annual Assembly Ball.
- Dress
- S.M. Greenman (manufacturer)
- 1891
- Worn by Mrs. Swan (née Anna "Nellie" Selander) Nelson, mother of donors.
- Dress
- Robina (Paris, France) (designer)
- 1893
- Bertha Honoré Palmer commissioned this two-piece ensemble from the Parisian haute couture house Robina in 1892.
- Dress
- House of Worth (Firm) (designer)
- 1892
- Court presentation dress worn by Bertha Honoré Palmer.
- Dress
- House of Worth (Firm) (designer)
- 1900
- Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.
- Ensemble: blouse and skirt
- Halle Bros. Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) (designer)
- 1926
- Wedding dress worn by Mrs. L. Hubbard (Elaine Black) Shattuck for her marriage, December 18, 1926. Mr. Shattuck was the director of the Chicago Historical Society from 1927-1945.
- Ensemble: dress and stole
- 1931
- Worn by donor while acting as Matron of Honor at the wedding of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Strauss, Jr., on June 14, 1931.
- Ensemble: dress, jacket, and headdress
- Bonwit Teller & Co. (designer)
- 1951
- Worn by Nathalie Jowler on June 16, 1951 married to Lee Winfield Alberts.
- Ensemble: jacket, skirt, blouse, and handkerchief
- Mainbocher, 1891-1976 (designer)
- 1937
- Worn by the donor, Mrs. Stephen L. Ingersol , née Marie Kuehn (born September 3, 1908).
- Suit: jacket and trousers
- Hart, Schaffner & Marx (manufacturer)
- 1922
- Groom's suit.
- Tea gown
- Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer); House of Worth (Firm) (designer)
- circa 1900
- Worn by Mrs. Colin Powys (Nancy Lathrop Carver Leiter) Campbell, wife of Colonel Colin Powys Campbell, mother of the donor, and daughter of Levi Zeigler Leiter, a pioneer Chicago merchant and associate of Marshall Field and Potter Palmer.