A workbook that is a hands-on approach to textiles used in colonial clothing. Includes 32 modern textile samples to give a "feel" to what are good representations of oznabrig to linsey-woolsey to broadcloth to silk satin. 
For educators at all levels, this book de-mystifies the basics of 18th century textiles and clothing of Early Americans in a practical way.

Textiles for Colonial Clothing

History

Queen, Sally A.

Americas

Q Graphics Production Company

This workbook of swatches and information is a hands-on guide with over 30 swatches of modern textiles that replicate 1800-1850 cloth. Included are sections on men's and women's fashions of the period, decade by decade, PLUS a chapter on the changes in textile manufacturing due to the Industrial Revolution. 
Second in the swatchbook series following _Textiles for Colonial Clothing_ by Sally A. Queen.

Textiles for Regency Clothing: 1800-1850

Bassett, Lynne Zacek

_Textiles for Early Victorian Clothing:1850-1880_ is the third in the series of hands on information about textiles used in historic fashions. This edition has 3" swatches of 27 fabrics including bobbinet, bombazine, cashmere, taffeta, tulle, delaine, damasse, brocade, and more. Excellent resource for bringing period textile names to life for historians, reenactors, educators, and students of all ages. Special sections on fashions by decade and printed textiles. Companion books in the series, _Textiles for Colonial Clothing_ and _Textiles for Clothing in the Early Republic, 1800-1850.

Textiles for Early Victorian Clothing: 1850-1880

Arts & Photography

Greene, Susan W.

Fashion

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