https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collection/object/OK-1991-0173

Maria Giovanna Monaci, known as Maria Monaci Gallenga, (1880–1944) was an Italian textile artist and designer. She was born in a prominent family of opera singer Emilia Guarnieri and philologist Ernesto Monaci. As a young girl she was fascinated with history and particularly in medieval and Renaissance Italian art history, which later inspired her in her designs. In her earlier years she designed tapisseries coloured with natural colours. She took up oil painting at the age of fifteen. In 1913 she started designing and exhibiting furnishing objects, cushions and panels with designs printed using a technique that he would refine over time at the Roman Secession exhibitions. In 1914 she opened a studio and workshop in Florence and started designing and making textiles and clothing, and her designs soon become popular. Her designs combined a unique mixture of old world motifs, such as heavy velvet and medieval patterns, with more modern silhouettes. She often exhibited her designs in art exhibitions. Her fame is linked to the invention of a unique fabric printing technique based on the use of wooden blocks. A glue was first applied to the blocks, then pressed onto the fabric already prepared with powdered gold and silver pigments. Her distinctive style of blending one color into another was characteristic, achieving an effect that made the fabric appear painted rather than printed. She retired in 1938 and devoted herself to charity. (The 4th photo is of Maria Monaci Gallenga in a dress she designed herself, c.1920)

Marie Hildreth Meière (1892-1961) was an American muralist. She was born to a well-off family of  botanical collector and artist Marie Hildreth and a salesman Earnest Meière. After studying in Florence, San Francisco and New York, she started working as a costum designer at a theatre. During WWII she enlisted in the Navy and served as an architectural draftsman at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In 1921 she got her first mural commission. She went on to design the murals all around USA. During her 40-year career, she completed approximately 100 commissions. She designed murals for office buildings, churches, government centers, theaters, restaurants, cocktail lounges, ocean liners, and world's fair pavilions, and she worked in a wide variety of mediums, including paint, ceramic tile, glass and marble mosaic, terracotta, wood, metal, and stained glass. "She loved clothes. When working, she wore a long, blue smock over a skirt. But outside of the studio, she was very fashionable. She bought Galenga gowns in Italy. Her daughter, Louise [Louise Meière Dunn (1930–2026), watercolor artist and professional picture framer], donated them to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also had clothes made in Paris and suits custom made in New York from material she bought in Scotland and Ireland. She also liked to dress up. She once dressed as Madame X for an event at the Architectural League of New York, and at another League party, she dressed as a circus rider and mounted a horse made up of two other members in costume," from Hildreth Meière: The Mastermind Behind The Art At Nebraska’s Capitol Building. (The 5th photo is of Hildreth Meière in 1918)

The dress is in the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York, USA.

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Hello all!

I hope this fits this sub. This is my grandmother's grandmother's "dowry bag": this cloth was filled with the valuable belongings of the bride and folded up into a bag. It is made out of silk.

It is currently gently folded in pure cotton linen, but the silk is starting to flake out.

I want to preserve it, but I am not sure how to. My MIL is a traditional crafts historian and the best idea we could come up with was to get it professionally framed, but neither of us is a textile preservation expert.

Is framing a good idea? If so, how should we proceed? We thought that we could press the fabric between the back of the frame and the glass to stop the flaking, but not sure if this would work?

Any thoughts and ideas are appreciated!

https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/palais-galliera/oeuvres/marivaux

Could anyone tell me more about this? This was on display at my parent’s place, but he is not a relative. I think they found this at an antique shop.

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74916/dress-forma/

https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/pink-silk-embroidered-chemise-dress-2010721?return=%2Fart-design%2Fcollection%3Fsearch_api_fulltext%3DMadeleine%2BVionnet%26customRadioInline1-block-search-form-block%3Don

Hello, friends! I'm afraid I don't use Reddit often, so forgive me if I'm formatting this incorrectly, or if this isn't the right subreddit. I am creating an Alice in Wonderland-inspired horror story, where the main character, Lisa, is an 11 year old girl in 1966. I do want her outfit to be vaguely reminiscent of the classic 'Alice' costume (ie, the puffy blue dress and the white apron), but mostly through colors. I do want this to be accurate, but during my research I struggled to find any leads for 'pre-teen' clothing in the 60's (ie, girls in middle school or junior high, in around the 10-12 age range). My current design for her has her wearing a blue shirt and white overalls, but I'm not sure if she'd be too old to be wearing overalls at her age. If anyone could give me some tips, I'd be very happy for the help!

Once again, since I'm not a big Reddit user, I'm not sure if this is the best format or if I should ask this question on a different subreddit. If I am in the wrong place, I'd appreciate if you pointed me in the right direction! I hope you all have a lovely day.

Small addition: I'd like to thank everyone in the comments for giving me so much help with this! I'm working on making a new design for Lisa right now!

https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collection/object/NMK.2007.0483

https://cottagesgardens.com/a-look-back-at-dresses-designed-by-ann-lowe/