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In Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 3, Billye Harris appraises a German wax doll with original dress, ca. 1890. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...
Berry's high-neck, black and white shift featured a unique bustle detail in the back. She accessorized with peep-toe platforms, wearing her brunette bob in natural waves. Halle Berry at Cannes ...
See a bustle-style day dress (1875-80) that was patched and remade multiple times, showcasing the resourcefulness and determination of a working woman during that era.
When Rep. Tyson Running Wolf bought tickets to a Tool rock concert in Phoenix, Arizona, he had no idea he’d return from the trip with a Blackfeet dress made in the 1890s. Weeks earlier, the ...
Sara Rivers-Cofield purchased the bronze-colored silk bustle dress with striped rust velvet accents for $100 at an antique shop in Maine, noting on her blog that it was in a style that was ...
A 19th century bustle dress bought in Searsport a decade ago made national news last week, after a researcher decoded an old telegraph message found inside it.
The bronze-colored dress was in good condition, with a draped skirt, puffy bustle, and metal buttons that appeared to depict a Shakespearean motif. Rivers Cofield, an archaeologist, bought it for ...
Sara Rivers Cofield was shopping in 2013 when she noticed a well-kept silk bustle dress from the 1800s and paid $100 for it. When she got home, she discovered the dress had a secret pocket and ...
Bismark, omit, leafage, buck, bank. Sara Rivers Cofield was shopping in 2013 when she noticed a well-kept silk bustle dress from the 1800s and paid $100 for it. When she got home, she discovered ...
A dress from the 1880s had a hidden pocket and an unbreakable code. The silk dress cryptogram was recently broken, but some mysteries remain.