Furbelows, Fly Fringe, Fall cuffs & French!
I am writing this Blog because along with the fun title comes another 'F' - fragile! The dress I am about to show you is rare, dating to...
Rare Edwardian Suffragette hats
Some years ago, I had the most magnificent and huge Edwardian hat in Suffragette colours. It would have been worn by a lady of high...
Slip-ping back into the 17th Century again!
The image above is taken from 'English Embroideries', by Mary M Brooks. Ashmolean Handbooks/Jonathan Home Publications 2004. Example 15:...
Learning about 17th Century clothing from a fragment
Have you ever seen a textile design and thought to yourself 'Where have I seen that before'? Well, this small fragment is a perfect...
A young girl's dress, c1790-1810. Is it? Let's be costume detectives!
Book references used in this research: 'Children's Costume in England' Phillis Cunnington & Anne Buck. 1965 A & C Black Ltd. 'English...
An exciting discovery inside an early 17th Century embroidery!
Some of you will have seen this framed embroidery in Poppies Cottage, until I moved it over to Ebay for sale. I knew that the embroidery...