The costume collection at the Maryland Historical Society is comprised of more than 12,000 garments dating from the early eighteenth century to the 1960s, including an extremely rare lace mantilla which Jerome Bonaparte gave to Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (pictured). This gorgeous dress will be highlighted during Alexandra Deutsch's richly illustrated lecture, "Out of the Box: The Costume Collection at the Maryland Historical Society" tonight, Thursday, November 3 at 6:30 pm. Curator Deutsch will detail the discoveries made this summer by our Costume Interns, who rehoused hundreds of dresses in our collection in order to preserve, and, in many cases, save them. Attendees will be offered the opportunity to see selections from the collection, many of which have not been on view at MdHS for decades - you won't want to miss it! #royals #elizabethbonaparte #bonaparte #napoleon #warof1812 #France #hautecouture #vintagefashion #fashion #dress #fashionhistory #rare #treasure #mustsee