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Child's stuffed leather pudding cap, c.1775. |
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Right:
Regency straw bonnet, 1820s. Rare all original condition. |
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Left:
Silk Spencer jacket over hand embroidered gauze dress, c.1805-1810. |
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Right:
Rare papier mâché doll with original
clothing, c.1830 from the Annie Potts family of Farmington, Connecticut. |
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Left:
Neoclassical gentleman's striped silk coat, c.1805-10. |
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Right:
Neoclassical silk evening dress with metallic trim, c.1805. |
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Left:
Romantic-period hand-embroidered silk taffeta dress with large gigot sleeves, c.1830. |
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Right:
Silk faille shoes from a Woodstock, Conn. estate, c.1830-50. |
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English gentleman's doeskin gauntlet gloves with metallic embroidery, c.1640. From the collection of Mrs. Charlotte
Rafery. |
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Right:
Silk coif, hand-embroidered with polychrome silk and metallic floss, c.1680-1720. |
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Left:
Neoclassical hand-embroidered cotton gauze dress with train, c.1805. |
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Right:
Silk damask pelisse worn by Elizabeth Rockwood Farnsworth, c.1820. She married Amos Farnsworth,
Jr. who fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. |
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Left:
Shaker hooded cape constructed in 18th century manner, c.1830. Provenance: handwritten name of original Shaker owner
on tag in hood. |
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Right:
American gentleman's silk damask dress coat, c.1830. Provenance: handwritten note reads "Suit worn by John Lamson at the Court Ball in Paris c.1830..." |
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Left:
Hand-embroidered silk taffeta pocketbook/card case, c.1780-1800. |
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Right:
French block-printed cotton, hooded cape with contrasting print lining, c.1780-90. |
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Left:
Silk damask boudoir slippers, brocaded with metallic gold and silver, c.1830. |
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Right:
French caraco-style silk damask jacket, c.1770. |
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Left:
Boy's cotton print banyan from Scotland, worn in America, c.1790. Provenance: a note from the heirs reads "The
first John Ritchie to live in (the USA) wore this dressing robe..." |
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Right:
Rare early rococo silk damask shoes, c.1730. |
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Left:
Silk damask wedding shoes of Elizabeth Rockwood Farnsworth, c. April 28, 1754. Provenance: a hand written note on the
sole of one shoe dates the wedding. |
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Right:
Tambour-embroidered kid shoes, c.1790-1805. Purchased from a Groton, Mass. estate. |
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Left:
Spitalfields brocaded silk taffeta open robe with matching stomacher, c.1770. |
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Right:
Silk damask open robe from a New England estate, c.1770-80. |
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Left:
Silk taffeta stomacher, hand-embroidered with silk polychrome floss, c.1720. Authenticated as being French. |
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Philadelphia hand-embroidered silk purse, c.1770-90. Provenance: several hand written notes inside "worked
by Phebe Lewis..." |
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Left:
Tambour-embroidered kid/silk shoes with small Italian heels, c.1790. |
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Right:
Ruffled cotton pelisse, c.1825.
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Left:
Gold silk dress with matching Spencer jacket, c.1805. From a Philadelphia estate. |
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Right:
American block print cotton open robe, c.1790. |
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Left:
Spitalfields rectangular silk shawl with Chinoiserie borders, c.1810. Attribution: see Textile Collections of the World by Cecil Lubell. |
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Neoclassical hand-embroidered whitework shawl, c.1810-20. |
