#UlsterMuseumAdvent Day 11 | This Brussels lace and Irish crochet court dress with beaded train dating 1911 is in our #LaBelleÉpoque exhibition! Here's a behind the scenes look at photographing it - look out for the photos in an online tour soon! #FashionHistory #Dresshistory

From the blog archives of All Things Georgian, 'Perfumed Gloves, Ear Covers and Revolving Heels' wp.me/p3JTNy-456 #norwich

Artist Reggie Black is projecting a message about the history of slavery in New York City on the façade of the ​Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Manhattan, where six people were enslaved. #slaveryarchive #twitterstorians hyperallergic.com/606518/illumin…

This is part of a woman’s loose gown, made in the early 17thC of Italian cut & uncut mulberry-coloured velvet in a pattern of pomegranates & gillyflowers. It features a style of sleeves known as ‘hanging’ & was once decorated with two different types of silver lace. (V&A)

Today's #ootd is this Dior looking 1959 Bob Bungnand aquamarine silk faille ball gown owned by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, a wealthy woman who lived from 1897 to 1990. She owned numerous haute couture outfits, which are now owned in museums like @clestartshere. #FashionHistory

It really is an amazing record. Great for making comparisons between then and now. dailyprogress.com/news/local/rai…

Another week of #advent and I share this rich red silk German 1828 court dress with gold embroidery around the hem, bodice and puffed gigot sleeves. Imagine how the embroidery would have reflected and looked in candlelight. 🕯 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last night's sunset skies from the west side of Manhattan #NYC

#OTD in 1780, Elizabeth Schuyler married Alexander Hamilton in the Best Parlor (pictured below) of her family’s home. Today is their 240th wedding anniversary! 👰 ❤️ 🤵‍♂️

Are these two not gorgeous? A pair of Jacobean ladies of the Trafford family, painted in 1611 (private collection). #17thC #Costume

Martha Washington: the only woman who has ever been on our currency, mostly because Americans imagined her as the ideal wife: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Because we love (and need) Dr. Freeman's stories of American political history....

Thread - the next installment on the use of newspaper & magazine pages as wallpaper....

Happy 240th wedding anniversary to Elizabeth Schuyler & Alexander Hamilton, married #OTD in 1780 Schuyler Mansion in Albany, NY. Read more in my blog post here: bit.ly/2JTMUWg

Not to mention his involvement in providing good quality housing for the working classes.

With its holly embroidery & red silk ribbon trim, this 1824 dress from The Metropolitan Museum of Art may be THE ultimate festive holiday dress for a 19thc heroine. More in my blog post: bit.ly/348KycY #FashionHistory

Stepping away from social media for a few weeks to finish a manuscript. Book deadlines & holidays are never a good mix, but adding in the challenges of 2020 - whew! Wishing you joy, contentment, & peace, for now & in 2021. ❤️ . "Fading Light" by Debra Tate-Sears