A silk sack, 1770-1774. Don't you love the way the pleats have been laid?
Image linked from the National Trust Collections.
Be sure to add this link to your "must-go-to" list when doing research! Most of the object listings include photos, some with multiple views and many with zoom capabilities, so you can check out all those mouth-watering construction details up close. With everything from stockings, caps, and hats, to shoes, fans, and umbrellas, to men's waistcoats and breeches, to gowns, jackets, and petticoats, this online database makes a tremendous contribution to costume and textile research by making such a renowned collection more widely accessible than ever.
Extant covered hats from the 18th century are quite difficult to find, so this one,
now viewable online at the National Trust's collections database
is extra special. It is dated 1730-1770.
Image linked from the National Trust Collections.
3 comments:
Wow! I didn't know anything about that. Thanks for posting!
You can easily while away hours on it. Seeing a photo of a garment has made the sketches in the book I have make sense.
I like it very much. Its so interesting.
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