The bodice of a pale yellow silk late 1880s dress embroidered either side of the centre with flowers and stem of daffodils

Full length view of the late 1880s pale yellow dress which cuts away to reveal a petticoat beneath. It has embroidered daffodils running the length of the gown and around to the train as well

A detail of one of the embroidered yellow daffodils worked in long and short silk shading stitch for a painterly effect

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day to my Welsh friends, family and of course Mr S himself. Thus beautiful daffodil strewn late #1880s gown is a perfect tribute #AmericanMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

P. T. Barnum - Wikipedia

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The #Barnum known for:

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purchasing #Scudder 's #AmericanMuseum, which he renamed after himself. He used the museum as a platform to #PromoteHoaxes
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We are preparing for, and terribly excited to have been selected for the #selvedgemagazine makers fair at the #americanmuseum in Bath on 12th June 10-5
Do take a look
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South West Fed 94th Annual General Meeting & Network Event – South West Fed

Join us on 26 June for our 94th AGM at the #AmericanMuseum in Bath! Hear from Tracy Foster (Business & Development Director) and Jan English (Collections & Public Engagement Director) about how they’ve helped the museum flourish via new programming and development...

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Long line bodice and overskirt of pale yellow silk embroidered along the outer edges with bright yellow daffodils

Full length view of bodice and overskirt in pale yellow, petticoat showing beneath, outer edges embroidered with daffodils

The first daffodils of the year have bravely emerged and so of course I think of this late 1880s gown, whose surface is covered with daffodils, embroidered in nodding splendour #americanmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

TORTOISE? 🐢 On this lovely #FossilFriday???

Allow us to introduce: #Hesperotestudo, the giant tortoises of the #Miocene to the #Pleistocene!

#fossil #tortoise #turtle #paleontology #paleontologist #americanmuseum #naturalhistory #ammh #naturalscience #earthscience #museum #research #scicomm