Research - 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....

Museums

A Digression on Cataloging

Posted on August 17, 2012 by kittycalash

Sew 18th Century had a great comment about the striped linings on the quilted petticoats: are they linen? The catalog record doesn’t say. I think they are...

Clothing

Feeling Shifty

Posted on August 9, 2012 by kittycalash

It’s clean now, but in the photo you can see some of the abuse a shift takes in a day or two of real wearing. This shift was made from the Kannik’s ...

Clothing/Museums

Sleeves of Wonder

Posted on July 28, 2012 by kittycalash

They’ll be evil sleeves as soon as I try making them, but check this out: Mrs. Cephas Smith, Jr. (Mary Grove) and child, about 1803, seen at the MFA today...