The Colour of Things to Come
I have a thing for hats– well, for bonnets, really. I know I made stays and a shift before I made anything else for the 18th century, but I might have mad...
Category: material culture
Hoods and Caps and Bonnets, oh my!
Let’s take a closer look at Griselda, Countess Stanhope. She wears a hood over a fine white cap, as well as a hooded cloak. Around her neck, she wears a f...
“Comfortably Covered”
The last event of 2018 (for me) was the “March In” evening event at Valley Forge. My reasons for choosing events may be quirky: anything I can get t...
Turn Me Round
One of the best things about auction sites (when compared to museum sites) is that you get far more images of the objects, and often from unusual but helpful an...
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