Reproductions for Wear

Reproductions can be made for actual wear by visitors or by first-person interpreters.

SchaefferArts 18th c girl

Late 18th c. girl’s dress, entirely hand-stitched for visitors to handle in a display or for a roleplayer to wear.


 

1815 Pelisse

c.1818 wool pelisse with velvet trim, and batiste chemisette. Taken from Janet Arnold, Patterns of Fashion.

1815 Pelisse Janet Arnold

Detail of sleeve.


1868-31 bonnet      1868 reproduction bonnet
Reproduction bonnet based on an 1868 original in the collection of The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME. Left: view of the top of the original. Right: view of the top of the reproduction. To mimic the dark elements of the pattern-woven straw of the original, the entire reproduction bonnet was first stitched with black silk ribbon.


1868 bonnet      1868 bonnet
Left: view of the front of the original. Right: view of the front of the reproduction. A less delicate lace was chosen to maximize the life of the bonnet, which was being shared by three roleplayers.


1868 bonnet      1868 bonnet reproduction

Left: view of the back of the original. Right: view of the back of the reproduction.


1870 Janet Arnold      

Reproduction gown taken from Janet Arnold, Patterns of Fashion, with chemise, corset, petticoat, and bustle. The gown itself has over 16 yards of hand-made trim and has a bodice, underskirt, overskirt, separate belt with a basque/peplum, and removable undersleeves.


Federal Original      Federal silk
Reproduction Federal period gown patterned from a dress in the collection of The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME. The original is a striped taffeta silk, the reproduction is a synthetic taffeta.


Federal Original      Federal silk
Back view. The reproduction ensemble included a lawn chemisette with a frilled collar and a cap suitable for an older married woman.


Goodwin1

1870 reproduction gown taken from Janet Arnold, Patterns of Fashion, with a chemise, corset, and petticoats.

Goodwin

While not silk for practical reasons, the fabric chosen still echoes the watered silk popular in the period.