The Costume Close-up Jacket, 1775-1785
(aka The Wetherburn Jacket)
Finishing the look...continued...: For its initial wearings, Ashley wore the Wetherburn jacket paired with a brick red linen petticoat, red coral beads, and a hat trimmed with red satin ribbon to match. On our most recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg, however, she completely changed the color palate. Here, a teal linen petticoat picks up the blueish hue in the print of the jacket. A teal silk satin-trimmed straw hat (originally paired with her DAR cotton print gown) is substituted for the original red-beribboned hat. Completing the ensemble is a white self-checked linen neck handkerchief, worn tucked in front and hanging down in the back. As in the earlier photos in the previous post, the ensemble is worn over a linen shift, fully-boned stays, a linen underpetticoat, and a bum roll.
We fondly call this the "Girl at Well" pose, after the name of one of our
mother's Spode late-18th-century reproduction plates.
Colonial Williamsburg, May 2012
Enjoying the springtime gardens of CW.
Colonial Williamsburg, May 2012
And just for fun...napping on Palace Green after a long, hot day!
Colonial Williamsburg, May 2012
1 comment:
LOVE, Love, love these photos. They are so perfect they would be a great historical post card for Williamsburg Va.
I love the time period but hopelessly dedicated to 16th and 17th century costume clothing. I love the way you can play with the colors and come up with another combination outfit. I do this with my costumes all the time, lots of folks think I have a huge costume closet :-) little do they know a new jacket or skirt can go a long way.
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