1780s, fashionable daywear, England

100% hand sewn by Rebecca Olds of Timesmith Dress History

Consisting of: Quarter Back Gown (aka ‘Italian Gown’), made of floral printed cotton with bodice lined in fine white linen, worsted wool petticoat

Underpinnings: linen shift, linen stays, bum pad in linen ticking, linen underpetticoat, cotton pockets

Millinery: white cotton voile cap and handkerchief, straw hat covered with black silk taffeta and decorated with white rose and thistle, black silk taffeta bibbed apron

OTHER:

Shoes: American Duchess
Shoe buckles: American Duchess
Silk stockings: Fashions Revisited
Photos: Barbara Olds
Location: Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Special thanks to Christopher Glick, historian and costumed interpreter, for being such a good sport when I hailed him on the Courthouse steps asking for his assistance with my homage to Paul Sandby’s drawing of his brother Thomas and sister-in-law!