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The Marius-Barbeau Documentation Center is happy to be partners with The Canadian Museum of Civilisation in its project « Marius Barbeau, a Canadian hero and his period 1883-1969 ».

We wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online.

On that site, Heritage Canada displays a sampling from a wealth of documents relating the history of the two dance companies.

Costumes from Ile d'Orléans

Costumes from Ile d'Orléans
Costumes from Ile d'Orléans

Men’s Costume :
Trousers : fabric : light flannel; « bavaloise » pants or « culotte à pont », with a panel buttoned up in front like sailor pants’.
Shirt : fabric : single-ply flannel or linen; ample cut with pleated sleeves ending in a narrow cuff.
Waistcoat : sleeveless with single buttoning, tailored collar, fake pockets and laced-up back.

Costumes from Ile d'Orléans
Costumes from Ile d'Orléans

(picture taken in front of the Tresler house)
Information about costume on the island can be found in the Archives de folklore and in Mrs. Doyon-Ferland’s letter.
Women’s Costume :
Cap : a small crocheted woolen cap.
Dress : fabric : light flannel; color : lilac ; a buttoned-up ample cut shirt…
Apron : cut in the same fabric as the dress.
Petticoat : of black woolen cloth, yellow stitched and lined with yellow lawn.

Costumes from Ile d'Orléans
Costumes from Ile d'Orléans

« Winter like summer, only woolen clothes were worn on the Island : lighter in summer, heavier in winter. Women never bought any fabric or printed calico to make clothes with. Those fabrics were used for other purposes. »
(Doyon-Ferland Madeleine, letter from November 29…)