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Date: 1810-
Dress Coat, about 1790-1810
A very fashionable warm weather coat for a man, perhaps even a"dandy."The thin and barely lined, large pockets on interior skirt were very popular circa 1800.The coat is a rare survival.
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Women's Slippers, about 1800
Slippers first acquired ribbons in the 1790s in imitation of the classical sandal; pictures of them around 1800 show elaborate methods for tying them around the leg. Acknowledging their origin as a blend of slipper and sandal, the Lady's Magazine of January 1802 called them "sandal slippers" and reported that they were worn "in the morning by the pedestrian fashionables." At this early date, neither the pattern of lacing nor the presence of ribbon ties was the standard. Some surviving examples, …
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Child's Dress, 1810-1825
The puff-over-long sleeve style was seen in women's fashions around 1810-1820. Pastel silks were also used during this period for "best dresses." See: Bradfield, Costume in Detail, pp.107-110; Buck & Cunnington, Children's Costume, p. 195. This dress was probably worn with pantalettes, probably by a little girl, although boys wore similar dresses in this era before the age of about three.
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Trousers, about 1810-1820
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Dress Suit, about 1800
The Henry Ford's only late eighteenth/early nineteenth century dress jacket with breeches.No waistcoat to go with the suit.Worn for very formal occasions, perhaps even for presentation at court.Embroidery clearly pieced.First sewn, then cut out, and finally applied to the jacket and breeches.Poor extensive repairs for a modern wearer.Perhaps at one time used for twentieth century theater productions.
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Trousers, about 1810-1830
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The new game of The mansion of bliss: in verse
Imperfect: W.S.U. has booklet of instructions only.
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The evangelical primer, containing a minor doctrinal catechism, and a minor historical catechism: to which is added the Westminster Assembly's Shorter catechism; with short explanatory notes and copious Scripture proofs and illustrations; for the use of families and schools
Title deposited in the District Clerk's Office of the District of Massachusetts in 1809.