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Textiles from the Museum Collection
The Redlands Historical Museum Association, at the invitation of the Citrus Belt Quilters Southern California quilt guild, presented a featured Textile Exhibit of quilts and garments from the museum collection. The event, housed in the Lincoln Memorial Shrine, ran May 17 and 18, 2008, and gave the public an opportunity to view some of the Museum holdings while we await the opening of the Museum in Old City Hall. Nelda M. Stuck, Museum president, chaired the exhibit, with textile expert Phillip Livoni selecting and preparing all garments shown.
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Dress forms, some already with proper undergarments, stand ready as the Textile Exhibit begins to take shape in the West Wing of the Lincoln Memorial Shrine. |
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| The Museum’s collection includes several extensively hand-embroidered undergarments such as this camisole, which were designed as the first layer of clothing next to the skin (under the corset and hoop). They were of durable cotton and could stand many harsh washings. |
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Phil and Linda Livoni place the right amount of bustle underpinnings to the brown silk brocade dress purchased 1881-1883 in Paris, France, by Emily Lane Smyth, whose husband was three-time governor of New Hampshire beginning in 1865. The Smyth heirs, the Prendergast family, came to Redlands and married into the Moore family. William G. Moore was co-owner and publisher of the Redlands Daily Facts newspaper from the 1940s to 1981.This dress was worn by his wife, Josephine Moore, in 1963 for the Redlands 75-year Jubilee. |
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The Civil War cases and flag of the Lincoln Memorial Shrine form a backdrop as volunteers complete the Textile Exhibit set-up and pose for a formal photo. The featured ivory silk satin wedding dress circa 1882 shows exquisite hand stenciling and hand painting, most likely created by the bride herself. The gown is from the extensive Louise Schultz costume collection. |
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Exhibit visitor Jo Dierking takes a closer look at two fine examples of “day dresses” worn during the Art Nouveau period circa 1880-1910. Both garments feature the blousoned mono-bosom which began to appear in 1897, and the latest trend in 1901 of adding fullness to the lower sleeve. |
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Jane Wiggins, 94, who completed the Redlands Homes Quilt to donate to the Historical Museum in 2007 (shown at right), also re-discovers the embroidered block she completed for the 1980s Redlands Historical Society’s Citrus Label Quilt donated by Jeff and Suzanne Owens. |
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Redlands artists Fred and Janet Edwards pose with the Redlands Art Association Artists Quilt where their artwork is featured among 21 of the top local artists in the mid 1990s. The quilt, a fund-raiser for the Margaret Clark Art Education Endowment Fund, was won by Betty Thomas and later donated to the Historical Museum. |
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Phil Livoni enjoys sharing his extensive knowledge of textiles with visitors to the Textile Show. Shown here is the 1870 “Second-Day Dress” worn by Sarah Charlotte “Lottie” Meeker Hinckley following her Feb. 23, 1870, wedding. The gown appears in the “Frank Hinckley” biography written about the early Redlands city engineer by his daughter-in-law, historian Edith Parker Hinckley. The gown was donated to the Redlands Historical Museum by Lottie’s great-grandson Terry Kupfer, current treasurer of the Museum Association. |
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Phil Livoni packs away the gowns in acid-free boxes for storage to await the opening of the Redlands Historical Museum in Old City Hall. |
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