Glossary of Terms. 18cNewEnglandLifeClothing & Accoutrements Glossary of Textile Terms Baize, Bays A coarse woolen stuff, having a long nap, formally, when made of finer and lighter texture, used as material for clothing.
First introduced into England about 1561. (2) Barras. Canvas or linen imported from Holland and used for neckclothes. (1) Bearskin A shaggy kind of woolen cloth used for overcoats. (2) Bombasine, Bombazeen, Bombase A twilled or corded dress material, composed of silk and worsted; sometimes of cotton and worsted or worsted alone. Glossary of 18th Century Costume Terminology. 111dict. A Colonial Lady's Clothing: A Glossary of Terms.
Women's Clothing. Women. 18cNewEnglandLifeClothing & Accoutrements What do we know of New England caps?
We can research caps through paintings and drawings, newspaper ads and runaway ads and the occasional written tidbit of a description. Extant examples of 19th century caps exist in numbers but seldom those from the 18th century. We can learn some from these later caps but they changed greatly as time went on. They appear in paintings in various shapes and forms but always white.
18th century Clothing Sources. 18th Century Mitts. Next up from my weekend in Williamsburg: mitts!!
I've always wanted a very pretty pair of mitts, but I could only find wool/linen mitts that were cut too big or too small. This way, I got to make a fancy set of mitts fit to me. Here's an example of 18th century mitts (the painting is called the Lady with the Veil). I love the raspberry changeable silk with the blue lining. Isn't that a fantastic color combination?!
Here was the inspiration for my project - a pair of silk mitts from Colonial Williamsburg's collection. Here I am getting the muslin for my mitt pattern fitted. Hancock's of Paducah - The world's foremost supplier of fine fabrics and notions. Charles A. Whitaker Auction Company. Digital Collections of Extant Costumes — Démodé.
Démodé — historical costume projects & resources. GBACG Let Them Drink Wine — Démodé. On Sunday I attended the Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild’s Let Them Drink Wine, an 18th century picnic and wine tasting and Chateau St.
Jean winery (Sonoma County, north of San Francisco). It was lovely, lovely, lovely! The weather was nicer than expected, my hair only uncooperated a little bit, there were about FIFTY people there (wow!) , and everyone looked smashing. I wore my peach francaise (naturally) pulled up through the pockets (no train on the ground, thank you!) Demode: historical costume projects & resources.
Posted by démodé 10/04/2006 <a href="/web/20061006014051/ posted by démodé 9/17/2006 <a href="/web/20061006014051/ Of course, I was cranky that for yet a THIRD year I was wearing the same old thing, so I am now all fired up to make something for next year.
I may even make it soon, just so I am ready to go, as summer always gets so busy. Michael took lots of gorgeous photos -- not only can you see how fabulous we all are, but you also get to enjoy the moment early on when Sarah and I realized that we'd had too many drinks too soon (we eased off after that!). EDITED TO ADD: Right, linking to the pictures = a good thing. Demode: extant women's clothing, 1750-1919. Home Page. La Couturière Parisienne Costume and Fashion Site. Tailor Made for History. Durán Textiles AB. Regency Reproductions - Historical Costuming and Living History.
Early vintage clothing at Vintage Textile. Historicalclothing.net. Editorial spring 06. The history of knitting is mostly a big mystery, guessed at from fragments kept in museums around the world.
Knitting is made of wool, silk, and other fibers that decay rapidly, even under perfect conditions; knitting needles are essentially sharpened sticks, and hard to identify as knitting needles beyond a doubt; they could be hair picks, skewers, spindles, or any of the other zillion uses there are for a sharpened stick. In the past, when spinning was all by hand and much more time-consuming, many sweaters that didn't fit were raveled and re-knit. Yarn wasn't discarded until it wore out. Add in that not many people in the past thought to save their everyday items for their descendants, and there aren't many useful knitted objects left for us to find, all these years later.
Once in a while we get lucky. Linguistically, all evidence implies that knitting is a fairly recent invention. These socks date to the 300s, and are made by nalbinding. My final proof is how we knit. 12-10-11 GBACG and Steam Federation at Dickens Fair 125 - Jean's Photos.
1800s. 1700s. Costumer's Bookshelf - Historic Fashions. These books are not specifically costume oriented. I would rather call them special interest but still have some great references to fashion at the time. Particularly Mirror of Graces, which was written by A Lady after her friends pressed her to share her knowledge that made her so elegant and refined. She included recipes for beauty tonics and fashion plates indicating what sort of outfits would be appropriate to status without "giving one airs". The book itself is difficult to read, being written with a sort of flourish and romantic language but the information (once weeded out) is absolutely indespensible.
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