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Hands-on History: 18th Century Textiles
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjBGwVwdfcdQxPkLqDxmAcKrVEWKmRbLa” title=”Hands-on History: 18th Century Textiles”][vc_column_text]We present a virtual version of Hands-on History: 18th Century Textiles!
We have a whole playlist of videos all about historic clothing and historic fabrics put together by the amazing team behind the interpretation at the National Colonial Farm. And once you check out the videos, try out some of the activities below, or read more about the clothing featured in the videos.
18th Century Textile activities:
Textile Matching Activity (PDF)
Textile Matching Activity Answers (PDF)
Colonial coloring pages:






For more information, check out the following links/research:
Microplastics/Microfibers:
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/plastics/microfibres-plastic-in-our-clothes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyF9MxlcItw
Clothing Judgements:
https://phys.org/news/2019-12-eyes.html
18th Century clothing:
http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/dressup/notflash/1770_woman.html
http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/dressup/notflash/1770_man.html
http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/dressup/notflash/1770_girl.html
https://www.kwaltersatthesignofthegrayhorse.com/2018/02/dressing-18th-century-at-paca-house-and.html
Books:
Fashion in Detail (from the 17th and 18th centuries), Avril Hart and Susan North
Eighteenth-Century Clothing at Williamsburg, Linda Baumgarten
What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America, Linda Baumgarten
Costume Closeup, Linda Baumgarten
Tidings From the 18th Century, Beth Giligun
America’s Printed and Painted Fabrics, Florence H. Pettit
The Textile Tools of Colonial Homes, Channing and Channing[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]