Actually, the pieces on the table and on mannequins are from the historic collection. The pieces that they're wearing are all reproductions, from our stock of theatre costumes. Miss Hummel usually chooses a selection of costumes to cover as much of a range of history as possible, with a piece or two representing the 1600's and 1700's, then every twenty years or so through the 1800's to about 1920. In this particular group, no one tried on the Spanish farthingale from the mid 1600's, which is quite fun - you can see a student wearing the farthingale at the end of the slideshow in a previous post about a visit in 2007.
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Both visits look like they were a lot of fun!
Are the pieces the students are wearing from the (active) costume collection? How did you pick those costumes?
I recognize one of the pieces on the table! Ah, memories.
Hi, Megan!
Actually, the pieces on the table and on mannequins are from the historic collection. The pieces that they're wearing are all reproductions, from our stock of theatre costumes. Miss Hummel usually chooses a selection of costumes to cover as much of a range of history as possible, with a piece or two representing the 1600's and 1700's, then every twenty years or so through the 1800's to about 1920. In this particular group, no one tried on the Spanish farthingale from the mid 1600's, which is quite fun - you can see a student wearing the farthingale at the end of the slideshow in a previous post about a visit in 2007.
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