Bernadette Banner | "Afro-Victorian": Bringing Historical Black Women's Dress into the 21st Century w Cheyney McKnight @bernadettebanner | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
More Cheyney, including her must-watch "These Roots" series: youtube.com/channel/UCEVpwIpE7PpD2rt1SGtAkJw
Cheyney's chatelaine video: youtube.com/watch?v=-Yge15l2Zn4
Supplemental footage from @NotYourMommasHistory, Racked youtube.com/watch?v=UV6h7Pqc0KM
Footnotes, &c:
[1] Charles “Teenie” Harris. “Two men wearing zoot suits and two women, in interior with wainscoting and pictures on wall, possibly bar or nightclub”, c. 1940 - 1945. Carnegie Museum of Art, accession no. 2001.35.36283. collection.cmoa.org/objects/3c2d6a57-622b-41ab-8bd2-2efc8ab4dd7b
[2] Charles “Teenie” Harris/ “Girl wearing light colored blouse, solid colored skirt, and flowers in hair, with boy wearing zoot suit, striped tie, two toned shoes, and scarf hanging from pocket, leaning back with fingers outstretched, in interior with light colored walls and terrazzo floor”, c. 1940 - 1950. Carnegie Museum of Art, accession no. 2001.35.37942. collection.cmoa.org/objects/b4538a28-fc36-4b70-bb44-bee3f8ebe9eb
[3] “Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781–1853)” by Anthony Meucci, c. 1825. The New York Historical Society. Accession no. 1920.4. emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/43197/pierre-toussaint-ca-17811853?ctx=727edf72e6e5068f986d0f57bfb87dfad985e08a&idx=30
[4] “Portrait of a free woman of color”, François (née Franz) Fleischbein, 1837. The Historic New Orleans Collection. https://www.on-off.site/projects-lucia-olubunmi-momoh-not-betsy
[5] “Music and Dance in Beaufort County”, John Rose, c. 1785. Colonial Williamsburg, object no. 1935.301.3,A&B. emuseum.history.org/objects/57964/music-and-dance-in-beaufort-county?ctx=44b853aaa12fefff7fa539f4147b8485c129a73f&idx=5
[6] “Portrait of Otto Marstrand's two daughters and their West Indian nanny, Justina Antoine, in Frederiksberg Garden”, Wilhelm Marstrand, 1857. Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory no. KMS8833, https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KMS8833
[7] “Miss Breme Jones”, John Rose, probably 1785-1787. Colonial Williamsburg, object no. 2008.300.1. emuseum.history.org/objects/85584/miss-breme-jones;jsessionid=1DAFB5647E73A22ED65E571BC62C89D7.
[8] “At one time we had thirty new plaid worsted
dresses all cut and basted sent us for the sewing- school. The girls were delighted ; but when they carried them home, the mothers considered them alto- gether too short. It was highly indecorous to have the feet and ankles show below the dress ; so they pieced them out, often with most unsuitable material, putting old cloth with the new, and a cotton frill to a worsted skirt. One woman got new cloth, which she inlaid to wdden and lengthen and enlarge her child's gown. It looked, when done, like a modern "crazy quilt." It was very odd, but really not ugly.”
Botume, Elizabeth Hyde. “First Days Amongst the Contrabands”. Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1893.
[9] “Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (Juliette Noel, ca. 1786–1851)” by Anthony Meucci, c. 1825. The New York Historical Society. Accession no. 1920.5. emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/43198/mrs-pierre-toussaint-juliette-noel-ca-17861851?ctx=727edf72e6e5068f986d0f57bfb87dfad985e08a&idx=31
[10] Jacques Amans, “Creole in a Red Turban”, c. 1840. Historic New Orleans Collection, via Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques_Aman_Creole_in_a_Red_Turban.jpeg
[11] Portrait of the Smith family and an African American woman (“Nannie Old Ruth”), 1852,
Smithtown Historical Society.
[12] Unknown. "Ambrotype of Ann Hurst Copeland in an embossed leather case", c. 1860. The National Museum of African American History & Culture, object no. 2014.174.7.1ab. https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.174.7.1ab?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fpage%3D4%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dp.edanmdm.descriptivenonrepeating.online_media.media.usage.access%253A%2522CC0%2522%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Ddate%253A%25221860s%2522%26edan_fq%255B2%255D%3Dobject_type%253A%2522Photographs%2522%26edan_local%3D1
[13] Pearce, H. G. "Tintype photograph of a man identified as James Turner, with two women", c 1873. The National Museum of African American History & Culture,https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.57.16.1?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fpage%3D5%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dp.edanmdm.descriptivenonrepeating.online_media.media.usage.access%253A%2522CC0%2522%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Ddate%253A%25221860s%2522%26edan_fq%255B2%255D%3Dobject_type%253A%2522Photographs%2522%26edan_local%3D1 object no. 2011.57.16.1.
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More Cheyney, including her must-watch "These Roots" series: youtube.com/channel/UCEVpwIpE7PpD2rt1SGtAkJw
Cheyney's chatelaine video: youtube.com/watch?v=-Yge15l2Zn4
Supplemental footage from @NotYourMommasHistory, Racked youtube.com/watch?v=UV6h7Pqc0KM
Footnotes, &c:
[1] Charles “Teenie” Harris. “Two men wearing zoot suits and two women, in interior with wainscoting and pictures on wall, possibly bar or nightclub”, c. 1940 - 1945. Carnegie Museum of Art, accession no. 2001.35.36283. collection.cmoa.org/objects/3c2d6a57-622b-41ab-8bd2-2efc8ab4dd7b
[2] Charles “Teenie” Harris/ “Girl wearing light colored blouse, solid colored skirt, and flowers in hair, with boy wearing zoot suit, striped tie, two toned shoes, and scarf hanging from pocket, leaning back with fingers outstretched, in interior with light colored walls and terrazzo floor”, c. 1940 - 1950. Carnegie Museum of Art, accession no. 2001.35.37942. collection.cmoa.org/objects/b4538a28-fc36-4b70-bb44-bee3f8ebe9eb
[3] “Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781–1853)” by Anthony Meucci, c. 1825. The New York Historical Society. Accession no. 1920.4. emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/43197/pierre-toussaint-ca-17811853?ctx=727edf72e6e5068f986d0f57bfb87dfad985e08a&idx=30
[4] “Portrait of a free woman of color”, François (née Franz) Fleischbein, 1837. The Historic New Orleans Collection. https://www.on-off.site/projects-lucia-olubunmi-momoh-not-betsy
[5] “Music and Dance in Beaufort County”, John Rose, c. 1785. Colonial Williamsburg, object no. 1935.301.3,A&B. emuseum.history.org/objects/57964/music-and-dance-in-beaufort-county?ctx=44b853aaa12fefff7fa539f4147b8485c129a73f&idx=5
[6] “Portrait of Otto Marstrand's two daughters and their West Indian nanny, Justina Antoine, in Frederiksberg Garden”, Wilhelm Marstrand, 1857. Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory no. KMS8833, https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KMS8833
[7] “Miss Breme Jones”, John Rose, probably 1785-1787. Colonial Williamsburg, object no. 2008.300.1. emuseum.history.org/objects/85584/miss-breme-jones;jsessionid=1DAFB5647E73A22ED65E571BC62C89D7.
[8] “At one time we had thirty new plaid worsted
dresses all cut and basted sent us for the sewing- school. The girls were delighted ; but when they carried them home, the mothers considered them alto- gether too short. It was highly indecorous to have the feet and ankles show below the dress ; so they pieced them out, often with most unsuitable material, putting old cloth with the new, and a cotton frill to a worsted skirt. One woman got new cloth, which she inlaid to wdden and lengthen and enlarge her child's gown. It looked, when done, like a modern "crazy quilt." It was very odd, but really not ugly.”
Botume, Elizabeth Hyde. “First Days Amongst the Contrabands”. Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1893.
[9] “Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (Juliette Noel, ca. 1786–1851)” by Anthony Meucci, c. 1825. The New York Historical Society. Accession no. 1920.5. emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/43198/mrs-pierre-toussaint-juliette-noel-ca-17861851?ctx=727edf72e6e5068f986d0f57bfb87dfad985e08a&idx=31
[10] Jacques Amans, “Creole in a Red Turban”, c. 1840. Historic New Orleans Collection, via Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques_Aman_Creole_in_a_Red_Turban.jpeg
[11] Portrait of the Smith family and an African American woman (“Nannie Old Ruth”), 1852,
Smithtown Historical Society.
[12] Unknown. "Ambrotype of Ann Hurst Copeland in an embossed leather case", c. 1860. The National Museum of African American History & Culture, object no. 2014.174.7.1ab. https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.174.7.1ab?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fpage%3D4%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dp.edanmdm.descriptivenonrepeating.online_media.media.usage.access%253A%2522CC0%2522%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Ddate%253A%25221860s%2522%26edan_fq%255B2%255D%3Dobject_type%253A%2522Photographs%2522%26edan_local%3D1
[13] Pearce, H. G. "Tintype photograph of a man identified as James Turner, with two women", c 1873. The National Museum of African American History & Culture,https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.57.16.1?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fpage%3D5%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dp.edanmdm.descriptivenonrepeating.online_media.media.usage.access%253A%2522CC0%2522%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Ddate%253A%25221860s%2522%26edan_fq%255B2%255D%3Dobject_type%253A%2522Photographs%2522%26edan_local%3D1 object no. 2011.57.16.1.
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Beyond YouTube:
IG @bernadettebanner instagram.com/bernadettebanner
Management contact for business enquiries:
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