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A baptismal apron #embroidered by talented #MaryWoodbury of #BeverlyMA, c1735 @MHS1791 Read on for the story of the maker & the apron https://t.co/uo1AfWr0Oq @AnneBen42913701 @feministlib @SMartin_MHS
#textiletuesday A small but potent example of just how #textiles were #reused #refashioned #remade Late 18thc #purple (now faded) printed #cotton #toile reused w/early 19thc #plaid via #quilting Love the classical-themed #toile with bold plaid palette. Fr. #studycollection
#SerenitySunday: Jane Gilmor holds her very fashionable #doll in this painting detail by Charles Wilson Peale, 1788 via @colonialwmsburg
#artmuseums #charleswilsonpeale
#FootcandyFriday: An elegant pair of brocaded silk buckle shoes, w/ leather sole & carved wood heel, #London-made by John Hose & Son, c. 1760 and likely worn by an American bride, Elizabeth Lord @DARMuseum @JHUPress #TreasuresAfoot https://t.co/x5qTaNINw1
Wedding season is coming up - a throwback to the 18thc. w/Rebecca Tailer #Spitalfields #silk #damask (silk design by #Garthwaite) 1747 #wedding #dress worn in #Boston 19thc alters. but condition is excellent @MHS1791 @AnneBen42913701 @sarageorgini
#goodmorning #detail from a #portrait of #MarieAntoinette & her #children; by Adolf Ulrik #Wertmüller, 1785.
Beauty break of #silk & #lace for #textiletuesday: #Handpainted #silk (prob. produced in #China for #AsianExport trade); #brocaded #silk (possibly English from #Spitalfields) & handmade #lace —all c1750s-80s) #studycollection
#DressmakerSeries #WomensHistoryMonth #Paris dressmakers, 1946. Notice the tight quarters, almost shoulder to shoulder Photo by Nina Leen #womenatwork #bringinghomethebacon
#WeddingsonWednesday: #Wool and #silk #brocaded #wedding dress; English, 1837-1838 @LACMA That textile, those sleeves! More: https://t.co/DNW4TNEGEE
#serenitysunday I find balance & interplay of form & color in this #fashionplate especially appealing. Full yellow dress, accented by the blue gloves & jaunty red hat….delightful! From the Gallery of Fashion, October 1797. Several versions may be found online #summerpromenade