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Construction of a Romantic Era gown

Construction of a Romantic Era gown

Some time ago I 'visited' the website of the expert Meg Andrews [www.meg-andrews.com] and saw that she had sold three pairs of 1830's...

Poppies Cottage is Back! [Well, slowly!]

Well, my goodness! After months and months of grumbling and yearning for my old website, gremlins and fraught daughters, I am beginning...

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Furbelows, Fly Fringe, Fall cuffs & French!

Rare Edwardian Suffragette hats

Slip-ping back into the 17th Century again!

Learning about 17th Century clothing from a fragment

A young girl's dress, c1790-1810. Is it? Let's be costume detectives!

An exciting discovery inside an early 17th Century embroidery!

Condition photographs of the straw work Regency hat, c1800-1810

Take Two Gowns: Mid 18th Century Features

Pink Love Hearts! Mid 18th Century quilted petticoat

Dresden Work & Shadow Stitch - an 18th Century puzzle.

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