19th century clothing - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Frivolous Friday: Fashionable Reading

Posted on May 2, 2014 by kittycalash

Anna Maria von Phul’s delicate watercolors of Saint Louis in 1818 (example at left) remind us that cities in the hinterland of America have never been as ...

Clothing/Research

Frivolous Friday: London fashionable Walking Dresses

Posted on April 25, 2014 by kittycalash

I don’t know which I like best: the green and white bonnet, the green silk Spencer, or the suspicious and candid glance of the woman on the left. Perhaps ...

Clothing/Events/History/Museums

The Society of Friends

Posted on March 9, 2014 by kittycalash

Last Friday, I joined my friends in Newport for a program at the Newport Historical Society. We stood in the Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House behind the NHS...

Clothing/Events/Living History

Quaker Dress

Posted on February 17, 2014 by kittycalash

I’m still struggling with the Quaker Dress conundrum, both because I want a challenge and I want to be as accurate as I can be. So, not unlike my stubborn...