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Online Costume Resources:
Costume Classroom–online
costume classes
Connecticut Historical
Society Costume & Textile Collection
Eighteenth
Century Resources -- Art, at Rutgers, maintained by Jack Lynch
Glossary
of 18th Century Costume Terminology, courtesy of Sue Felshin
NWTA Web Site, including patterns
Sally Queen Associates–excellent
online articles
LACMA
Collections Online
Karen Augusta Antique
Lace & Fashion
Meg Andrews
Antique Costume and Textiles
Memorial
Hall Museum
Monmouth Caps: Two articles (1)
and (2)
Musées
des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs de Lyon
Netherlands Centraal
Museum
Babette's
Living History Links -- extensive list of links
Online Articles, Newspapers, etc.:
Accessible Archives,
Inc. -- subscription service; allows one to search old newspaper
records
Adams Family Papers
British and
Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Caps
article on marquise.de (in German)
Colonial
Connecticut Records
Eurodocs: Primary
Historical Documents from Western Europe
The
Federalist Papers
Gunston Hall Plantation
Online -- see their online probate records for Virginia and Maryland
The Internet Library of
Early Journals
Library of Congress
National Archives
Project Gutenberg -- thousands
of books online
San
Antonio College LitWeb Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
Index
Thomas Jefferson's
Papers
Virginia
Runaways Homepage
Online Artwork:
Artcyclopedia
CGFA
Online Art Museum
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
La
Couturiere Parisienne -- searchable database of artwork
The Wallace Collection
Webmuseum
The Web Gallery of
Art
See also Using
18th c. Art for Costume Research on marquise.de
A Few of my Favorite Things:
Burnley & Trowbridge
-- their catalog isn't online yet, but it's worth sending for a copy
Carl Giordano, Tinsmith
-- reproductions of period tinware
Goose Bay Workshops
-- reproductions of period copperware and other goods that just make
your campsite or historic site look "right"
Family Heirloom Weavers
-- source of historic textiles, including linsey-woolsey
Rabbit Goody -- source of
reproduction textiles
RevList Merchants
Page -- I can't possibly list all of the 18th c. sutlers (merchants)
out there, so here's one of the most comprehensive lists on the web.
Silly Sisters -- 18th
century reproduction clothing (premade and custom), as well as
patterns and other supplies
William Booth, Draper -- Wm. Booth, Draper At the Sign of the Unicorn
Hazel and Laura Dickfoss, Proprietress' of flax and hemp linen and
wool fabric, notions, patterns, knitting wools, and books.
Other Online Sources for Fabric and Trims:
Denver
Fabrics - linen, wool, silk
Fabric.com
- linen, wool, silk.
Fabrics-store.com -
specializes in linen and cotton; sometimes carries wool.
Time Travel Textiles, Inc. - importer of period block-printed textiles from India
Trim-Fabrics.com - linen,
wool, silk.
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