Historic Trades work is informed by the close study of extant items from the historical past. Join our Milliners as they study an early 19th century gown with a beautiful sprigged cotton print that was available in the 1780s, if not earlier. Could this be a 1770s gown that was remade in the 1780s and then cut up and remade again 25 years later? See how our Milliners go about finding the answers from the antique gown.
Studying Original Gowns
