Silly Sisters Gallery

 

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Updated 4.16.08

 

 


 Table of Contents
 

 

1.  Diana in our English Working Class Gown, striped linen  
2.  Custom Gown, changeable silk Taffeta 
3.  Ready-to-wear English Gown, changeable silk Taffeta 
4.  Fitted Jacket with Matching Petticoat
5.  Our niece Kalai in our English Gown, linen print
6.  Sally Queen and Participants at APVA's Hugh Mercer Apothecary, Clothing Re-interpretation Workshop
7.  Genevieve from the APVA Hugh Mercer Apothecary in our English Gown
8.  Employee of the Apothecary in our English Working Class Gown in a striped linen and contrasting petticoat
9.  Fitted Short Gowns
10.  Stays, front and back lacing in various degrees of completion
11.  A sampling of printed fabrics in our inventory
12.  Kelly, wearing our own Silly Sisters English Gown, Lady's Straw Hat and Wing Cap
13.  Myrna (wearing our English gown, purple Taffeta) and Tom Stone
14.  Fitted Jacket in Block Printed Cotton with Silk Petticoat and Sprigged Muslin Apron
15. Magenta wearing the Calash at Fort Frederick
16. English Nightgown in striped silk with organza Apron and Sleeve Ruffles
17.  Our New Friend Emma Wearing the Child's Gown
18. Endview Plantation, Fashion Show
19. Diana's Quaker Gown
20.  Nancy in the English Gown


 

 

To view (in catalogue format) the vast majority of items in our inventory visit the pages under Offerings.  A complete listing of items for sale can be found in our Price List.

 

1.  Diana in the English Working Class Gown  in a Striped Linen  
 

 

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 Back

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 Front

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 Back

  

2.  Custom Gown  in Changeable Silk Taffeta, Decorated with Self-trim and Silk Fringe

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Detail of Gown

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Sarah Working on Gown 

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Detail of Gown on Dress Form

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Detail of Gown on Client

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Detail of Gown

3.  Ready-to-wear English Gown  in Changeable Silk Taffeta 

 

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Detail of Back

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Gown with Capelet

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Detail of Back

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Front

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 Detail of Side 

4.  Fitted Jacket  in Indigo Print with Matching Petticoat

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Side

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Front

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Back

5.  Our niece Kalai in our English Gown in a Linen Print

 

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 Side

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 Front

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 Back 

  

6.  Sally Queen and Participants at APVA's Hugh Mercer Apothecary, Clothing Re-interpretation Workshop

 

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Employees  of  the
Hugh Mercer
 Apothecary 
at the Clothing Re-interpretation Workshop 

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Apothecary employees in their
'new' clothing

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Sally  Queen 
and Employees  of 
Geo. Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation, 
Kenmore Plantation

 

7.  Genevieve from the APVA  in the  English Gown in a Cotton Indigo Print with Sprigged Muslin Apron and Neckhandkerchief

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 Hat and Ribbon

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Front  

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 Cap and Pearls

8.  APVA employee in our English Working Class Gown

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Full Front

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Full Back 

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Front, Mitts

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Full Front, Cloak

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Left Side, Cloak

 

 

 

 

 

9.  Fitted Short Gowns

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10. Stays

To clear up the issue of what we mean on our Price List by Finished versus Unfinished Stays,  view the stays in the center & see a set in the process of being bound.

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Back Lacing Stays
Unfinished 
(a.k.a. unbound)

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Front Lacing Stays
Partially Finished
( partially bound)

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Front Lacing Stays
Finished
(a.k.a. entirely bound)

The stays  on the right are Front Lacing, shown with the back lace adjusted to fit the wearer.  She may now get in and out of them by herself by the lacing  at the center front

 11.  A small sampling of printed fabrics in our inventory
 
Here is a sampling of printed fabrics available for making up our more fashionable and fitted garments.

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Black and White Floral


Black with Pink Floral


Blue and Brown Floral on White

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Blue Leaf & Berry Vine

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Indigo Print

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Multi Colored Floral


Open blue and White Floral


Red and Taupe on White Linen


Red, Pink & Green Floral on White


Spotted Blue with White

 

12. Kelly, in The Silly Sisters English Gown and Lady's Straw Hat, decorated with box pleated ribbon

 

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Kelly at Ft. Frederick

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Kelly and her son,Kinton

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13. Myrna and Tom Stone

 

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Myrna is wearing 
our English Gown 
in a rich purple silk Taffeta

 
14. Our Fitted Jacket in Block Printed Cotton with Silk Petticoat and Sprigged Muslin Apron
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15. Magenta wearing the Calash at Fort Frederick
   
16. English Nightgown in striped silk with organza Apron and Sleeve Ruffles
   
17.  Our New Friend Emma Wearing the Child's Gown
   

We met Emma at the
2005 Fair at New Boston and she was kind enough to model our
Child's Gown.

She is beautiful!

  
18.  Endview Plantation
To the left is a sequence of photos from the fashion show at Endview Plantation. 
3 classes of women dressed from undergarments to outer.

To the right
Lyn in her gown at Tavern Night


Melissa
Mary
Melissa in stays		 Thanks millions to Debbie Barlow, coordinator of the show
and Mary Dotson, Melissa McMillan and Lyn Padgett, models.
19.  Diana's Quaker Gown
Our English Gown
with a modified sleeve, cuff and stomacher which was fashioned
from a mid 18th century engraving
of a Quaker woman.
20.  Nancy in the English Gown
     
 

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