Feeling 1820ish
Walking Dress, 1820 For no good reason, I’ve been feeling 1820ish. This is a huge distraction from my primary objectives, which for the short term are 1775, 1799, and points in between. The in-betweens...
View ArticleGood Enough Coat
The great coat is nice, but how ’bout them gaiters? Winter is firmly here, with the snow, fog and ice that marks the season in the Ocean State. It’s not fun weather for living in the past, though...
View ArticleMaid to Order
I play the maid a lot, or one the lower sort, both at home and abroad. I’ll be a maid in Newport again this February, and for that event, I’ve made the skritchy rust brown gown. Not quite finished, it...
View ArticleA Valentine’s Puzzle Purse
Puzzle Purse Valentine. RIHS Graphics Collection Lot 42 Here’s a nifty little thing you can make: A puzzle purse. This is from the collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, but the form seems...
View ArticleAn Afternoon in N’port
New coat! I set off for Newport yesterday to spend the day at Whitehorne House with Sew 18th Century. I was pleased to have my coat, and pleased as well to see the ads for “lead colored pelisse cloths”...
View ArticleThe Warren Commission
Mrs Russell Warren, oil on canvas by Henry Cheever Pratt ca 1824. RIHS 1917.8.2 In addition to the Pabodie Project due in November, I recently committed to appearing at the Providence Arcade on October...
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