Eighteenth-century undergarments may not top everybody’s list of must-have clothing items. But if you’re a female interpreter working for Colonial Williamsburg, there’s no substitute — and the best ...
Photo courtesy of Fort Roberdeau Cat Schirf, wearing Colonial period dress, moves a wheelbarrow at the 18th century replica Fort Roberdeau in Sinking Valley. She will present the next lecture in a ...
Dress codes shown in 18th-Century art can tell us a lot about race and identity – both then and now. Cath Pound explores the surprising details hidden in the "Casta" paintings of Latin America. The ...
Introduction : collecting costumes at Colonial Williamsburg -- ch. 1. Costume : old and new connoisseurship -- ch. 2. The myths and meanings of clothing -- ch. 3. Homespun and silk : American clothing ...
WILLIAMSBURG — More than 240 years ago, a man named James B. Patterson stuck a paper label on the bottom of a pair of ivory-colored silk satin slippers with his handwritten name and the words, “shoes ...
When members of the William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum Corps don their uniforms, they are not just pulling on shirts, waistcoats and breeches made to mimic 18th-century clothing. “Everything is ...
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