1893 Columbian Exposition
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Avant Tut interest in all things Egyptian Redux
Egyptomania is part of a broader afromania within my cultural imagination, but I will be focusing more on “black Africa” for the book. Nevertheless my recent perusing has revealed a much deeper and richer vein of unexposed and unstudied material that warrants further research and reflection. Unfortunately, there is so much that will be left…
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Tidbit regarding dress at the Woman’s Building of the 1893 Columbian Exposition
While touching upon dress I only mention that we have a little Egyptian figure whose dress is “accordion pleated” from throat to feet; it also wears a little “accordion-pleated” cape. So the fashions and arts of dress come round. From “Art,” by Mrs. Emily Crawford in The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman’s Building,…
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 