Size 8-18 Open Robe ca. 1771

$25.00

 

Fig Leaf

Made in the USA

 

This pattern includes a full packet of information with well documented directions for both open and closed robe gown with petticoat. Subsequent research has shown this gown is better dated as c. 1780-1785. In The Pennsylvania Gazette of 1772, “Run away . . .  an Irish servant girl . . .  had on when she went away, a long old green worsted gown” as cited in Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls.

490 in stock

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