Silly Sisters Gallery

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Table of Contents
1. Sackback Fashionable Gown in a Striped Silk Taffeta 2. Sackback Fashionable Gown, Changeable Silk Taffeta 3. English Fashionable Gown, Changeable Silk Taffeta 4. English Fashionable Gown in Striped Silk with Organza Apron and Sleeve Ruffles 5. English Working Class Gown, Linen Print 6. English Gown, Cotton India Block Print, Straw Hat and Cap With Wings in Linen 7. English Quaker Gown, Silk and Linen 8. English Fashionable Gown With Center Front Closure, Silk Stripe; 1780's Cap in Organdy 9. English Working Class Gown, Striped Linen 10. English Working Class Gown, Striped Linen and Contrasting Petticoat 11. Fitted Jacket with Matching Flounced Petticoat, Silk taffeta with Embroidered Polka Dot, Rushed Ribbon Trim 12. Fitted Jacket with Matching Petticoat, Cotton Print 13. Fitted Jacket, India Block Print Cotton; With Silk Petticoat and Sprigged Muslin Apron 14. Child's Gown in Linen 15. Front and Back Lacing in Various Degrees of Completion 16. Fitted Short Gown 17. A Small Sampling of Printed Fabrics In Our Inventory 18. Endview Plantation, Fashion Show
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1. Sackback Fashionable Gown in a Striped Silk Taffeta



2. Sackback Fashionable Gown, Changeable Silk Taffeta

Detail of Gown	Sarah Working on Gown	Detail of Gown on Dress Form	Detail of Gown on Client	Detail of Gown

3. English Fashionable Gown, Changeable Silk Taffeta

Detail of Back	Gown with Capelet	Detail of Back	Front	Detail of Side

4. English Fashionable Gown in Striped Silk with Organza Apron and Sleeve Ruffles



5. English Working Class Gown, Linen Print

	Side	Front	Back

6. English Gown, Cotton India Block Print, Straw Hat and Cap With Wings in Linen

	Kelly at Ft. Frederick	Kelly and her son,Kinton

7. English Quaker Gown, Silk and Linen

		Our English Gown with a modified sleeve, cuff and stomacher which was fashioned from a mid 18th century engraving of a Quaker woman.

8. English Fashionable Gown With Center Front Closure, Silk Stripe; Yates Cap




9. English Working Class Gown, Striped Linen

	Back	Front	Back

10. English Working Class Gown, Striped Linen and Contrasting Petticoat

Full Front	Full Back	Front, Mitts	Full Front, Cloak	Left Side, Cloak

11. Fitted Jacket with Matching Flounced Petticoat, Silk taffeta with Embroidered Polka Dot, Rushed Ribbon Trim



12. Fitted Jacket with Matching Petticoat, Cotton Print

	Side	Front	Back

13. Fitted Jacket, India Block Print Cotton; With Silk Petticoat and Sprigged Muslin Apron



14. Child's Gown in Linen

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

15. Stays, Front and Back Lacing in Various Degrees of Completion

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.	Back Lacing Stays Unfinished (a.k.a. unbound)	Front Lacing Stays Partially Finished ( partially bound)	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

16. Fitted Short Gown



17. 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.
Black and White Floral	Black with Pink Floral	Blue and Brown Floral on White	Blue Leaf & Berry Vine	Indigo Print
Multi Colored Floral	Open blue and White Floral	Red and Taupe on White Linen	Red, Pink & Green Floral on White	Spotted Blue with White

18. Endview Plantation, Fashion Show

			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.



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