Art Nouveau
Feather Boa

The look of the 1890's gradually changed during World War I where women's social and economic horizons broadened and and many tried to appear as "femme fatales".

 

 

 
Kate Imogen Nixon and Mary N. Evans collection

Shown are items of these ladies and others.  Shoes, gloves, jewelry, scarves, face powder, accessories, a photo album, hat pins.