Jeff and I
gathered a short list of holiday items for the historically-minded shopper.
This year, we are highlighting books by women authors and businesses owned and
run by women. Please note that we are
patrons of these vendors and authors and accept no gifts or advertising.
Books
American Duchess
Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking:
An Agreeable
Tyrant, by Alden O’Brien, et al for the DAR:
I, Eliza
Hamilton, by Susan Holloway Scott
The Turncoat
(and other novels of the American Revolution), by Donna Thorland
Gifts
Dames a la
Mode: Dames a la Mode creates reproduction 18th and
19th Century jewelry, specializing in Georgian Collet Necklaces and Paste
Jewelry.
Sign of the Gray
Horse: Kimberly Walters sells reproduction and historically
inspired jewelry for her four rescued and one adopted Colonial Williamsburg
horse.
Burnley and
Trowbridge: B & T Company specializes in
historically accurate fabrics, notions, patterns, research material and related
items. Catering to Historic Sites, Museums, Educational Facilities,
Re-enactors, Theater & Screen since 1982.
Specialty Items
Marie Antoinette
Street Wear, custom made contemporary clothing with an 18th century
aesthetic.
Chawton House
Mittens (pattern download)
HatsPeriod are makers
of fine period style hats
with a range of ladies
millinery modelled from 18th, 19th and early 20th century designs,
and for the gentlemen, smoking hats
similar to those worn throughout the 19th and early 20th century. Hats from
earlier periods can be made to special order.
Fashionable
Frolick:
Sign of the
Golden Scissors:
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