History - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Some hat!

Posted on August 30, 2012 by kittycalash

I was looking for something else, and found instead Sally Sanford Pert, 1790. That is surely a fantastic hat, but the painting itself is quite interesting, too....

History/Reenacting

A Digression on Springsteen

Posted on July 29, 2012 by kittycalash

I had to go to Woonsocket Wednesday to deliver some boxes to a museum so that they could be collected by yet another organization. On the way, I had company in ...

Clothing/History

Runaway Styles

Posted on July 21, 2012 by kittycalash

Many thanks to Becky Fifield (The Still Room Blog) for revisiting the article she published last year on her amazing Runaway Clothing Database (RCD). It is avai...

Clothing/History

Chintzy Follow Up

Posted on July 14, 2012 by kittycalash

I was thinking about what one would want to know in order to get any clarity on what Dutch chintz or jackets (or short gowns) in the ads could mean. There’...