On Thursday, July 13, join Neal Hurst, Associate Curator,
Costumes and Textiles, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for an illustrated
lecture, entitled "'For the heat is
beyond your conception:' Dressing for the Heat in the Eighteenth Century"
Held at Historic
Deerfield Community Center. Free.
Sponsored
by Bank of America
For
additional information, see: http://www.historic-deerfield.org/event/lectures/2017-summer-lecture-series-summer-living-early-america/?eID=23317
Image:
Natural cotton breeches, Tazewell, 1770-1810
Origin:
America, Virginia
Waist:
37 3/4" to 41" OL: 29" Inseam: 17" Selvage width of
textile: 13 3/4"
Cream
tabby weave cotton, lined with tabby linen.
@Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation, Museum Purchase, Acc. No. 1991-563
