18th Century / Colonial
18th Century French Court Gown
1740's Coat of blue wool trimmed with silver braid and lace.
1740's Cotton Print gown, Man's breeches and embroidered waistcoat.
1790's Blue Linen Dress, straw hat decorated with silk ribbon. This is the same embroidered waistcoat pictured above.
1820's Ballgown in burgundy silk taffeta, trimmed with fancy ribbon.
1830's Cotton Print Dress - this dress is ENTIRELY hand sewn using period techinques. The pattern I used is the Past Patterns 1830's Lowel Mill dress. It has a matching pelerine (shown in bottom photo with straw poke bonnet trimmed with olive silk ribbon).
1840's Dress with vertical seaming on the bodice, made from black wool embroidered with pink flowers. The piping is done with pink silk and the sleeves and neckline are trimed with antique ribbon. Matching 1840's bonnet of pink silk.
Bodice and skirt circa 1857. The bodice is made from linen plaid trimmed with fringe. The skirt is faile trimmed with black lace and silk ribbon bows. The black velvet and red feather hat is antique. The man's outfit consists of dark blue twill pants, shirt, cravat, and brocade vest (the matching twill coat is not shown).
1860's day dress in plaid silk taffeta.
1862 Civil War era dress of purple and green striped cotton, timmed with purple ribbon, and a small antique lace collar. The outfit has a matching reticule. The spoon bonnet is made from green velvet trimmed with green taffeta ribbon.
Two views of a wool fitted coat circa 1862 made of light blue wool trimmed with dark blue velvet. The silver clasps are antique. The bonnet is made from the same dark blue velvet, trimmed with dark blue taffeta ribbon and a matching dyed feather. I did not make either man's outfit - this photo was taken in Gettysburg many years ago.
Royal blue faille dress copied from a Worth original. The bodice is trimmed with braided self fabric and antique gold and blue fringe trim. The dress has the slightly higher waistline of the late 1860's and apron style drape that will develop into a bustle in the 1870's. The hat is antique.
1870's bustle dress - the skirt is made with many taffeta ruffles trimmed with black lace. The polonaise style tunic is made from antique black lace over red taffeta, trimmed with black lace and, black taffeta bows, and antique jet glass beaded appliques. The neck is trimmed with an antique crimped black silk ruffle, salvaged from a damaged antique dress of the period.
My husband is wearing his late 19th Century frock coat with Velvet lapels and 1860's button fly pants. These photos were taken inside a friend's Victorian house, complete with Bradbury and Bradbury wallpaper!
Wool walking dress circa 1881. The bodice inset is white silk and antique lace. The dress is trimmed with antique olive silk ribbon and antique white woven trim. The hat is an antique 1880's straw hat trimmed with the same olive ribbon.
Walking outfit circa 1894 with leg-o-mutton sleeves. The skirt is a 9 gore skirt made of black linen with pintucks around the hem. The bodice is green and black plaid cotton trimmed with black silk, narrow black lace trim, and antique jet buttons. The hat is made of straw, covered with black net, antique black feathers, and black silk ribbon.
1890's Silk Velvet and Brocade Ballgown (I did not make the man's outfit in the second photo).
Wedding gown, circa 1900. The gown is made from white cotton batiste trimmed with antique bobbon lace ruffles and insets. The hat is straw trimmed with white net, white silk ribbon, and white silk roses.
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