Everyday Dress of Rural America, 1783-1800 and plaster of paris

and plaster of paris

Reprint of the slightly revised original edition

single-handed

as Andrew Lang’s phenomenally successful collections of stories have proved

Everyday Dress of Rural America, 1783-1800 and plaster of parisStudents and enthusiasts of period costume as well as needleworkers interested in re creating authentic costumes of America's post Revolutionary era will welcome this comprehensive, scholarly treatment. It not only discusses and describes the clothing worn in rural America (primarily in New England) between 1783 and 1800, it is one of the few books to include scaled drawings of patterns and full instructions for making most of the garments. The attire