Eighteenth-Century Clothing at Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988. Second printing. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps; French flaps, 79 pp.; Profusely illustrated with 50 color plates & 40 BW illus. VG (Slight wear to covers at extremities; Small sticker on back cover, writing in ink inside rear cover from previous owner). Item #113820
ISBN: 0879351098
"Explores the tremendous variety in eighteenth-century wearing apparel, which ranges from the coarse linen suit or simple bodice and petticoats worn by a workingman or woman to an elegant ball gown or the gentleman's embroidered silk velvet suit ... Also discusses the kinds of accessories -- fans, laces, aprons, gloves, handkerchiefs, pocketbooks -- that people selected to complement their clothing." (flap) With introduction by Mildred B. Lanier.
Price: $29.97