Images (clockwise from top left): Dress (
detail), c. 1845, American, Silk, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art, Gift
of Miss Elizabeth J. Ratmond, 1965.219 A, B; E.B. Kellogg and E.C. Kellogg, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1845, Color lithograph, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art, Gift
of James Junius Goodwin, 1935.434; House
of Coniglio (Beverley Coniglio, American, born 1972), Bee -
Baby necklace, 2015, Designed by House
of Coniglio, Found materials including watch, ceramic doll, rhinestones, and gold - filled chain, Collection
of House
of Coniglio; Dress with evening bodice (
detail), c. 1850, American, Silk, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art, Gift
of the Estate
of Matta Grimm Lacey, 1976.33 B, C