Costume and fashion

COSTUME AND FASHION SOURCE BOOKS

Colonial America

Deirdre Clancy Steer and Amela Baksic

Copyright © 2009 Bailey Publishing Associates Ltd Produced for Chelsea House by Bailey Publishing Associates Ltd, 11a Woodlands, Hove BN3 6TJ, England Project Manager: Patience Coster Text Designer: Jane Hawkins Picture Research: Shelley Noronha Artist: Deirdre Clancy Steer All rights reserved. Nopart of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Chelsea House, an imprint of Infobase Publishing, 132 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001. Library of CongressCataloging-in-Publication Data Steer, Deirdre Clancy. Colonial America / Deirdre Clancy Steer and Amela Baksic. p. cm. -- (Costume source books) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60413-380-6 1. Clothing and dress--United States--History--17th century--Juvenile literature. 2. Clothing and dress--United States--History--18th century--Juvenile literature. 3. United States--Social life and customs--To1775--Juvenile literature. I. Baksic, Amela. II. Title. III. Series. GT607.C53 2009 391.009032--dc22 2008047257 Chelsea House books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York on (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Chelsea House on the WorldWide Web at: http://www.chelseahouse.com. Printed and bound in China CP PKGR 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The publishers would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce their pictures: Art Archive: 7 (Galerie La Tour Camoufle Louvre des Antiquaires/Gianni Dagli Orti), 11 (National Gallery London/Eileen Tweedy), 25 (Christ’s Hospital/Eileen Tweedy), 33 top (Museum of Fine Arts Boston/LauriePlatt Winfrey), 35 (Metropolitan Museum of Art New York/Laurie Platt Winfrey), 36 (Musée du Louvre, Paris/Alfredo Dagli Orti); Bailey Publishing Associates Ltd: contents page, 13 top, 33 bottom; Bridgeman Art Library: 8 (© Museum of London, UK), 6 detail and 9 (Johnny van Haeften Gallery, London, UK), 16 (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Agen, France/Lauros/Giraudon), 17 (Roy Miles Fine Paintings), 14 detail and18 (© Wallace Collection, London, UK), 19, 24 detail, and 44 detail (Charlecote Park, Warwickshire, UK/National Trust Photographic Library/Derrick E. Witty), 21 (© Wallace Collection, London, UK), 22 (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany), 26 (Private Collection/Photo © Christie’s Images), 30 (Private Collection/Photo © Christie’s Images), 37 (Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA), 36 detailand 42 (Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA/Designated Purchase Fund), 50 (Washington University, St. Louis, USA), 53 (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA/The Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg), 54 (© The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, UK), 56 (Private Collection), 58 (The Putnam Foundation, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, USA), 52 detail and 59 left (Burrell Collection, Glasgow,Scotland/ © Glasgow City Council, Museums), 59 right (© Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museums, Gloucestershire, UK); Corbis: 5 (© Marilyn Angel Wynn/Nativestock Pictures), 10 (© Richard T. Nowitz), 12 (© Bettmann), title page and 13 bottom (© Museum of the City of New York), 14 (© Farrell Grehan), 24 (© Bettmann), 28 (© Richard T. Nowitz), 29 (© Burstein Collection), 32 (© Lee Snider/Photo Images), 34(© Robert Holmes), 38 (© Mark E. Gibson), 39 (© Burstein Collection), 40 (© Wolfgang Kaehler), 43 (© Richard T. Nowitz), 46 (© Bob Krist), 51 (© Richard T. Nowitz), 52 (© Brian Snyder/Reuters); Kobal Collection: 45 (20th Century Fox/Morgan Creek/Connor, Frank), 47 (MGM), 48 (Goldcrest-Viking/Warner Bros); Rex Features: 6; TopFoto: 23 (Art Media/HIP), 27 (© 2000 Michael Geissinger/The Image...