Silk jacket (1860- 1870)

This silk set belongs to the Barbera dels Aragonés collection. It consists of a long jacket (frock coat or jacket) with a beige silk taffeta tail with vertical stripes in purple. It was made between the years 1860 and 1870 and it is framed in the style of bustle skirt. …

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Ebonite locket

This jewel is a mold-made ebonite locket or photo frame, made around 1870. It is one of the pieces in the Barbera dels Aragonés Ebonite jewelry collection.  The ebonite is a material created in 1839 by Charles Goodyear, it is a natural plastic that is obtained by hardening the rubber…

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Round gown 1790-1799)

The round gown (inv. Vilamuseu 007446) from the late 18th century is one of the outsanting pieces in the Barbera dels Aragonés house from the clothing and fabric collection. It is a dress model of which very few copies are preserved; a very similar one at the Kyoto Institute of Clothing…

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